The new brand of luxury boats, Vittoria Yachts, draws on a hundred years of experience in military and civil shipbuilding.

The first design project is the 50-metre Explorer yacht, designed by Hydro Tec

ESPO congratulates the Port of Valencia (ES) for successfully renewing the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). This marks the impressive sixth PERS certification for Valencia.

UNESCO will launch the Green Citizens initiative to amplify the voice of some 100 local citizen projects worldwide in key domains of biodiversity and sustainable development, including the Ocean, Water/Hydrology, Education for sustainable development, Indigenous and local knowledge.

Anglo-Norwegian R&D company Ladar Ltd has developed a ground-breaking, compact LADARTM (laser detection and ranging) system that can supercharge plastic detection capabilities for end users involved in everything from environmental research and monitoring to marine clean-up campaigns and harvesting plastic for recycling.

María Luisa at the Mexican Navy Dry Dock in Manzanillo, Mexico

A series of well-attended webinar conferences broadcast during the first Covid lockdown has resulted in Thordon Bearings securing a contract from a Mexican fishing vessel operator.

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted in its October plenary an opinion on the "European Year of Rail 2021", calling for an EU-wide strategy to encourage investment and reduce disparities and gaps in rail systems. Rapporteur Jarosław Stawiarski (PL/ECR), Marshal of Lubelskie Region, will also present the CoR's suggestions in a workshop, which will bring together top representatives of the European rail sector on 20 October as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2020.

Intermodal Forwarding completed an impressive project recently, where they transported an asphalt plant from Spain to Colombia for the construction of several highways in Bogota. This project was led by Sacyr, which is a Spanish construction company based in Madrid. They use a Ro-Ro vessel for the big pieces of the plant, which were stowed on Mafi Trailers. The rest of the cargo such as pipes and rails were shipped on containers with a regular container shipping line.

* More than 10,861 attendees, generating 23,271 business contacts, have turned Barcelona into the world capital of the new economy and recovery.

* King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the first deputy mayor of Barcelona City Council, Jaume Collboni, have chaired the Best Innovation awards ceremony.

* The awarded entrepreneurial projects in each sector have been Exum (e-commerce), Vottun (logistics), Rimbo Rent (real estate), E4-3D Engineering (digital industry) and Oimo Bioplastics (economic zones).

Europe’s biggest lowcost carrier Ryanair planned to fly four routes to Lappeenranta from Milan Bergamo, Berlin, Budapest and Memmingen near Münich.

20% of young people aged 15-24 worldwide (267 million) are not in employment, education or training.(1)

21% of truck driver positions and 19% of bus and coach driver positions in Europe and the CIS are unfilled.(2)

Inchcape Shipping Services Vice President Marine Services for the Americas, Joseph Bruno, explains how the company is flexing its market muscle in all shipping sectors across both continents.

WOC Encourages Participation in “Building a stronger Blue Economy Post Covid 19"- Hybrid Event

With the theme of "Building a stronger Blue Economy Post Covid 19", the 2020 International Cooperation and Development Forum on Marine Economy will bring together in Shenzhen top executives from key Chinese and foreign companies in the marine economy, along with government officials, and maritime experts and top personalities from international organizations

Municipality and Port Authority formulate joint objectives

The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are working together on the joint rollout of shore-based power for sea-going vessels in Rotterdam. By 2030, they want a significant share of sea-going vessels to ‘plug in’ once they have moored along one of the port’s quays. This will allow them to power down their diesel generators while berthed – good news for local air quality and the vessels’ carbon footprint. Over the next five years, the partners will be initiating a series of projects that are intended to accelerate and scale up the adoption of shore-based power. Depending on the experiences gained in these projects, the Municipality and the Port Authority may adapt their targets in this area in 2025.

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today introduced the Leica TerrainMapper-2, the latest solution in the company’s hybrid sensor road map that integrates LiDAR and image capture technology in airborne sensors and allows users to collect more data per flight.

HxGN Content Program delivers airborne DSM to the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)