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Metrans to construct new terminal hub in Hungary

The intermodal transport company Metrans aims to expand its network and will invest US$47.1 million in the construction of a new hub terminal in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary.

The first foundations for the project were laid on 9 September, while the total cost for the hub construction includes support from the Hungarian government as well as from Hungarian institutions amounting to approximately US$13 million.

The first construction phase will be operational with the first trains to be handled at the...

https://container-news.com/metrans-to-construct-new-terminal-hub-in-hungary/

Value Maritime to install CCS unit on operational vessel in October

Dutch company Value Maritime is set to install an on-board CO₂ capture and storage unit on Visser Shipping’s Nordica vessel next month.

To be operated by X-Press Feeders, Nordica is said to be the first vessel to capture and store CO₂ on board while in operation.

The new solution is designed to remove CO₂ from the vessel’s exhaust gas.

It comprises a capture module, which captures CO₂ from the vessel’s exhaust gas and uses it to charge the Value Maritime’s CO₂ battery, as well as an on-board CO₂...

https://www.ship-technology.com/news/value-maritime-install-ccs-unit-october/

Hapag-Lloyd adds 33 vessels to Inmarsat Fleet Xpress contract

The mobile satellite communications firm, Inmarsat has expanded its agreement to deliver maritime broadband to Hapag-Lloyd, after the German carrier renewed its Fleet Xpress contract for a further five years and committed 33 more ships to the very small aperture terminal (VSAT) service.

Under the extended agreement, which now covers 77 ships, the Fleet Xpress hybrid of Ka-band and continuous L-band back-up service replaces Ku-band systems onboard ships merged into the Hapag-Lloyd fleet following...

https://container-news.com/hapag-lloyd-adds-33-vessels-to-inmarsat-fleet-xpress-contract/

The Blue MBA – the Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics – reaches its Platinum Anniversary

The Blue MBA – the Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics – reaches its Platinum Anniversary

Irene Rosberg

As the Blue MBA celebrates its 20th anniversary – a milestone categorised in the modern calendar as platinum – its programme director Irene Rosberg declares: “We have come a long way – a long way from the inception of this programme in September 2001… and we are now considered the best in the world.”

How has this enviable success been achieved?

Ms Rosberg says: “We have achieved this through...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/13/the-blue-mba-the-executive-mba-in-shipping-and-logistics-reaches-its-platinum-anniversary/

KCS declares Canadian Pacific’s merger offer as ‘superior’

A photograph of a Kansas City Southern train hauling intermodal containers.

Kansas City Southern’s board of directors confirmed that it has declared Canadian Pacific’s bid to acquire KCS as “superior,” thus diminishing the prospects of an acquisition by rival CN.

“The KCS Board of Directors determined that CP’s revised proposal constitutes a ‘Company Superior Proposal’ as defined in KCS’s merger agreement with Canadian National Railway,” KCS said Sunday. “The KCS Board of Directors made this determination after consultation with the company’s outside legal and financial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kcs-declares-canadian-pacifics-merger-offer-as-superior

Geodis offers sustainable fuels for air and sea transports

The logistics company Geodis is now offering sustainable fuel solutions for sea and air transport worldwide to contribute to the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Sustainable marine and aviation fuels are derived from non-fossil sources while they are produced by food and agricultural waste and mainly cooking oil.

Moreover, their use helps the reduction of at least 80% for air and 90% for sea transport in CO2 emissions over the cycle from production to fuel consumption, along with a...

https://container-news.com/geodis-offers-sustainable-fuels-for-air-and-sea-transports/

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