Container water taxis in Duisport
NewsDuisport Agency, part of Duisport Group, is testing water taxis for container transport between the port’s terminals...
More funds for Marine Highways
NewsA further $25 million has been made available for America’s Marine Highway Programme....
New operator for Jeffersonville
NewsIndiana Cargo Crossroads is a working partnership of Ports of Indiana and Superior River Terminals Indiana...
Thames Estuary Growth Board wants more freight on the river
NewsA report entitled “Light Freight on the River Thames,” commissioned by the Thames Estuary Growth Board and the Port of London Authority,...
Santa Fe-La Plata feeder barge service
NewsA feeder barge service has been set up by the Port of Santa Fe in Brasil and La Plata in Argentina, catering for agri-exports to Asia, as an...
Enter Royal Inland Navigation Netherlands
NewsTwo inland waterway organisations in the Netherlands have announced a merger to become Royal Inland Navigation Netherlands...
RFP for US-made box ships
NewsAmerican Patriot Holdings is pushing on with its plan to deploy hybrid “inland river” container vessels on the Mississippi river....
Lake Victoria ferry
NewsGrindrod has joined UK-funded (but privately managed) InfraCo Africa in the East African Marine Transport (EAMT) project to set up a regular...
Rhine low water and container shipping
NewsA new study from Antwerp University and the Dennie Lockefeer Chair quantifies the impact of low water on container shipping on the Rhine Riv...
BASF orders new river craft to ensure Luwigshafen supply at low water
NewsBASF is expanding its existing fleet, which is currently leased from various shipping companies via time-charter contracts, through three ne...
Torqeedo and Italdraghe move for clean propulsion
NewsThe companies have announced the joint development of an outboard, retractable electric propulsion system for commercial vessels in inland a...
Beets by barge
NewsIn an important modal shift initiative, sugar producer Cosun Beet is to use inland waterways to ship 270,000t of sugar beet harvested in the...
Inland waterway service for Ontario
NewsThe Hamilton Container Terminal and its partners are taking another tilt at a container service between Hamilton and Montreal....
New inland service connecting Turkey and Central Asia
NewsP&O Maritime Logistics is launching a new inland river route serviced with a multi-purpose vessel for container and breakbulk cargo....