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Wattlab and HGK Shipping team up for world’s first hybrid solar-powered inland shipping vessel
Dutch maritime solar innovator Wattlab has delivered a solar energy system for HGK Shipping’s inland shipping cargo vessel Blue Marlin. Representing a major technical milestone and step forward for sustainable inland shipping, the vessel’s 192 solar …
Jul 10, 2025 / Vessels
Concordia Damen: trial run of world’s first new-build hydrogen-powered inland shipping vessel 'WEVA' goes well
Lenten Scheepvaart (the Netherlands) will go down in history as the owner of the world's first-ever newbuild hydrogen-powered inland shipping barge. With this, the shipping company sets a new standard. An important step towards zero-emission …
Nov 17, 2023 / Vessels
Quinto Shipping orders 'Parsifal' type inland waterway tanker from Concordia Damen
Last week, Dutch inland shipping yard Concordia Damen was commissioned to build and equip an inland shipping tanker for Quinto Scheepvaart B.V. from Zwijndrecht. At This also marks the switch, after 25 years, that family business Quinto makes from …
Jan 16, 2023 / Vessels
Sweden’s first inland shipping barge shuttle service has started from Stockholm Norvik Port
Sweden’s first container barge shuttle service on inland waterways started operation on June 1st between Stockholm Norvik Port and the Port of Västerås. The container barge shuttle service carries the equivalent of around 200 road haulage vehicles, …
Jun 4, 2021 / Curious
KOTUG launches inland shipping division
Game-changing vessel design for the inland shipping industryOn Tuesday (May25) KOTUG announced the establishment of an Inland Shipping division to provide electric powered pusher tugs and smart AI-driven dispatch and route planning applications for …
May 26, 2021 / Curious
Concordia Damen and JP Morgan sign a contract for 40 eco-friendly dual fuel barges
Concordia Damen has signed a contract for 40 eco-friendly dual fuel barges with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. These barges will be chartered by Shell and operated by the VT Group/Marlow. Frachtcontor Capital …
Nov 9, 2020 / Curious
Wärtsilä to supply Europe’s most modern simulator for inland shipping training
The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by the City of Duisburg, Germany, to provide the latest in simulator technology for inland waterway navigation. The simulator will consist of seven full mission bridges in two locations within …
Jun 5, 2020 / Curious
Concordia Damen ships 18 hulls from Shanghai to Rotterdam
On Monday, 17th June, heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin departed Shanghai. On deck with eighteen Concordia Damen inland shipping vessel hulls and a Damen Crane Barge 6324, bound for Rotterdam. Concordia Damen regularly conducts such heavy-lift …
Jun 25, 2019 / Vessels
Berths for inland shipping in Afrikahaven (Amsterdam) now operational
Several new berths have been added for inland shipping in the mouth of the Afrikahaven, Amsterdam. The berths, which became operational last week, are specially designed for tankers carrying flammable materials (marked by a blue cone symbol).The …
Mar 26, 2019 / Curious
Inland shipping between Rotterdam and North Sea Port on the rise
Every year, some 15,000 containers are transported directly between Rotterdam, Vlissingen, Terneuzen and Ghent via a regular inland shipping service. Two years ago, the port of Rotterdam and North Sea Port jointly invested in this new connection, …
Mar 1, 2019 / Curious