The Swedish shipping line has bought the 2003-built ro-pax Yamato from Hankyu Ferry in order to remake it and put on the European charter market.

The Swedish-Swiss company will supply integrated power and electric storage solutions to the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration's new vessel.

The Cyprus-based shipping line has purchased for €4.95m the ro-ro vessel in question from the Swedish Orient Line (SOL).

Kvarken Link has commissioned the Finnish Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard to deliver a brand-new ferry to ply between Vaasa in Finland and Umeå in Sweden.

The Świnoujście-Ystad Maritime Link project has received €34m from the European Commission, which will cover approx. 26% of all expenses, set to amount to €132m.

The Swedish company serving ferry traffic in the Stockholm archipelago has put in operation Yxlan, a diesel-electric vessel built by the Estonian Baltic Workboats and equipped with a hybrid drive from Danfoss Editron.

As of the beginning of 2019, the Swedish shipping line no longer offers a ro-ro service between the ports in question.

Year 2018 is drawing to its conclusion. The past months, alike life itself, were full of ups and downs. It was a real Dickens of a job putting all the issues of the Baltic Transport Journal and the Harbours Review together - dozens of articles and hundreds of news items and Market SMSes, not to mention all the add-ons, such as our maps or the Baltic Yearbook.

The company will send an application for a new environmental permit to the country's Land and Environmental Court, which, if granted, will make it possible to add a Green Feed Unit to the plant.

The Swedish shipping line will put in place a new route as of early January, linking the Finnish Pietarsaari with the ports in Lübeck, Zeebrugge, and Tilbury.