New Poland-Sweden ferry service As of 10 April 2024, Finnlines' ro-pax Finnfellow will be sailing between the ports of Malmö and Świnoujście on a daily basis. Learn more > https://t.co/S4j9OO6NrP

Deltamarin to design the 13th E-Flexer China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) has entrusted the Finnish company with the complete basic and detailed design for the first E-Flexer ferry to sail in the Med. Learn more > https://t.co/9nJlBA4dFV

Lakeway Link takes hold of a vessel The JV between Greencarrier and Wallenius has acquired the 1999-built ro-ro Miramar Express, to be re-named Lakeway Express ahead of her launch on the Gdynia-Södertälje service this April. Learn more > https://t.co/BvPIoUQLQm

BWB to build a hybrid biomethane vessel The Estonian State Fleet has entrusted the also coming from Estonia Baltic Workboats (BWB) with designing and constructing a new multi-purpose ship. Learn more > https://t.co/MgzG9qp3xK

Port of Gothenburg: 914 thousand TEUs handled in 2023 (+3.3% yoy) As such, the Swedish seaport noted a new all-time high for containers going over its quays (16k more boxes than the port's previous record result from 2012). 👏👏👏 Learn more > https://t.co/aGVySAdMHx

Port of Gdańsk: 81 million tonnes handled in 2023 (+19% yoy) The handling of liquid bulk propelled the seaport's growth the most, up 47.5% year-on-year to 37.6mt. Learn more > https://t.co/IuzFIrqm8K

The Friday Long Read > Floating on air. How all vessels can cut their emissions thanks to air lubrication by > Alistair Mackenzie, Chief Commercial Officer, @SilverstreamTec > https://t.co/kcVrHbXm0x Have a smooth read!

ESL Shipping joins SBTi The Finnish dry bulk carrier became part of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), having committed itself to reducing its footprint in line with the global warming limit of 1.5°C. Learn more > https://t.co/FYKrsTMQI7

Orkney Ferries chooses Hogia Ferry Systems The Scottish inter-island ferry line entrusted the Swedish tech company with implementing a new reservation and ticketing system. To that end, Hogia will set up its BOOKIT reservation system this spring. More > https://t.co/B90nw1QgJh

Oulu upgrades its TEN-T status The Finnish seaport, until recently designated as a Comprehensive Port of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) of the European Union, is now a Core Port. Learn more > https://t.co/Of4olKJuBy

Vestas' second OWE factory in Szczecin The company intends to invest in a new plant producing blades for the V236.15.0MW wind energy turbine model. Learn more > https://t.co/ycRD0LKfMB

Erik Thun ups its order book to 15 by ordering four ships The Swedish shipowner entrusted the Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit with delivering two multipurpose vessels of the Lake Vänern Max class and two coastal tankers within the R-Class family. More > https://t.co/xqB9V6800u

The Friday Long Read > What happens now. The end of the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation > by Mike Garratt, Managing Director, and Antonella Teodoro, Senior Transport Consultant, @MdsTransmodal > PDF > https://t.co/I2Vmp7y0W3 Have a great read!

Gasum-Nordic Ren-Gas e-methane deal The two have signed an offtake agreement, according to which Gasum will buy the entire output of Nordic Ren-Gas' Tampere Power-to-Gas plant, set for launch in 2026. Learn more > https://t.co/FIC5OITTio

Remontowa contracted by Torghatten Nord The shipbuilder from Poland will construct a double-ended passenger-car hybrid vessel for the Norwegian ferry company. Learn more > https://t.co/JglejxFba6

Port of Tallinn: 7.92m passengers served in 2023 (+12.7% yoy) The Tallinn-Helsinki crossing welcomed 7.0m travellers last year (+13.7% yoy), followed by 537k between Tallinn & Stockholm (+18.3% yoy), and 170k on the Muuga-Vuosaari service (+7.8% yoy). > https://t.co/DHNH2zwkDE

Deltamarin to design three ships for LDA Having earlier collaborated with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) on the concept design, the Finnish company will now deliver the basic and detail design. Learn more > https://t.co/6lGkByTmw8

New broad gauge rail service Poland-Ukraine - trialled Ukrainian Railways (UZ) are testing the link between Sknyliv in Ukraine and Sławków in Poland via the crossing in Izov-Hrubieszów. The first shipment consisted of 13 trailers. Learn more > https://t.co/zVc9U6e4CD

Viking Line: 125,269 ro-ro cargo units carried in 2023 (+6.4% yoy) The ferry company from the Åland Islands also served 4,897,494 passengers (-1% year-on-year) and transported 563,081 private vehicles (-10.7% yoy). Learn more > https://t.co/hyvprXZQEu

Kalmar's e-machinery goes to the US Wallenius Wilhelmsen has ordered four heavy forklift trucks and two reachstackers, all of them electric, as well as three heavy terminal tractors for the company's US operations. Learn more > https://t.co/MNXPYcPJFf