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• The E/S Orcelle, a concept ro-ro cargo ship designed by the Scandinavian shipping company, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), represents a new vision of the future of ocean transport by harnessing the power of the sun, wind and water and no emissions into the environment. [...]

• Maersk’s revenue for the Q1 in 2010 increased by 20%, primarily as a result of higher oil prices and increasing freight rates and volumes in container activities. [...]

• Stena Line launches two world’s largest superferries to the North Sea route between Harwich and Hook of Holland this year. [...]

• In the Szczecin Seaport, a sulphuric acid terminal is going to be built. A conditional lease contract has been signed between the Authority and KGHM METRACO.  [...]

• The Port of Kiel is back on track with a total of 1.27 mln tons of cargo handled in the first three months of this year – an increase of 13% over the same period of 2009. [...]

• Scandlines Group further extends its ro-pax services to the Baltic states with additional service from Travemünde to Liepaja. [...]

• Oil trader Gunvor has postponed the launch of Russia’s largest oil product outlet in the Baltic Port of Ust-Luga from May to autumn. [...]

• Nordic Ferry Services, Danish shipping company, is to be known as FÆRGEN (“the ferry”) from 1 October 2010. [...]

• Agreement has now been reached between the Norwegian and the Russian negotiating delegations on the bilateral maritime delimitation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean. [...]

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• DSB has tested fixed coupled IC4 trainsets, which it expects will be approved for service with customers during Q3. [...]

• Green Cargo has started its own intermodal shuttles between Germany and Sweden. [...]

• Latvian Railways have launched a feasibility study on the electrification of Latvian railway lines. [...]

• Russian Railways have spent RUB 9.2 bln on purchasing and upgrading locomotives and RUB 3.2 bln on purchasing and upgrading motorised railcar rolling stock during the first four months of 2010. [...]

• The alliance of carmakers Peugeot, Citroën and Mitsubishi have officially launched production at its Kaluga region facility. [...]

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• DB Schenker has significantly increased the storage and handling capacity at its Lvovsky site, south of Moscow. [...]

• Kuehne + Nagel has established a new office in northwestern Russia, in order to participate in important development projects of the oil and gas industry. [...]

• Baltic Oil Terminals has announced that it has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Alpcot Agro AB and its investment adviser Alpcot Capital Management to expand its operations at the Port of Baltiysk in Kaliningrad. [...]

• FESCO Transportation Group and Mitsui & Co. have announced signing an agreement to form a joint company focused on providing a full range of warehousing and distribution services. [...]

• Rhenus AG & Co. KG has signed a declaration of intent to complete the “Establishment of a Bonded Warehouse for Temporary Storage” investment project on behalf of OOO Revival Express in Smolensk region. [...]

• Damco has joined the Dash7 Alliance, which a coalition of organizations promoting a standard for wireless sensor networks. [...]

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• airBaltic will independently attract financial resources to build a new terminal for handling its own as well as transit passengers. [...]

• EBRD has committed to lend EUR 100 mln to finance the building of a new terminal at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport. [...]

• In the 1st quarter of 2010 Riga Airport saw an increase of 21% in passenger arrivals and departures from the airport. [...]

• After a two-year break Polish Airways LOT have resumed flight service from Warsaw to Tallinn. [...]

• For the first time in Russia, Aeroflot and MegaFon will offer passengers the opportunity to use mobile phones and the Internet in flight. [...]

• Air passengers have chosen Finnair as the Best Airline in Northern Europe in the 2010 independent Skytrax survey.  [...]

• JSC Sheremetyevo International Airport has successfully recruited the consortium of Credit Suisse-Troika Dialog as its investment consultant [...]

• Wizz Air has become the largest airline in Poland. [...]

• The delivery of Lufthansa’s first Airbus A380 marks the dawn of a new era in flying for the airline’s passengers.  [...]

• Spacious and bright new passenger areas in Terminal 2 have increased check-in and baggage handling capacity at Helsinki Airport. [...]

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