The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council that increases the maritime transport sector’s contribution to reaching the EU-wide target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, and to...

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The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Thursday buoyed by a rebound in rates of the larger capesize vessel segment. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax...

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The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW) will develop two ports on India’s east coast and one port on the west coast as hydrogen hubs as part of the Maritime India Vision 2030. Sarabananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Ports and Shipping, stated that...

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A strike organized by public employees has forced the Port of HAMBURG to close down for more than 48 hours. As the port is the second busiest in Europe, port officials have started to limit vessel movement on the Elbe and have closed the port for all...

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Montreal Port Authority and Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS) have announced a new project aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of vessels. The project, named the “digital corridor”, uses artificial intelligence (AI) and is based on the OCIANATM...

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