Finland
Finland is a country located in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. It is bordered by Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north. The capital of Finland is Helsinki, which is located on the southern coast. It is a member of the European Union (EU).
Finland orders new icebreaker ship
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) December 17, 2024 – The Finnish government has said that it has ordered a new icebreaker ship, the “Aino”,...
Baltic Sea, North Sea states take targeted measures against Russian shadow fleet
Tallinn, Estonia (Ports Europe) December 17, 2024 – A group of littoral states around the Baltic Sea and the North Sea have announced that they will...
Update: Chinese ship investigated for severed Baltic’s undersea cables
Stockholm, Sweden (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is under investigation by Sweden for the two severed underwater...
Underwater cables in Baltic Sea damaged again
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – A 1,170 km undersea fibre-optic cable connecting the port of Helsinki, Finland to Rostock port,...
Boluda acquires Finnish towage company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Kokkula, Finland (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – Boluda has acquired the Finnish company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering (YHB), a family-owned company based in...
Port of Patras managing director visits Finnish ports
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The Managing Director of the Patras Port Organization S.A., Panagiotis G. Anastasopoulos recently made an...
Finnish delegation visits Port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – A delegation from the Association of Port Operators of Finland has visited the Port of...
Canada, Finland, US create the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort
Vancouver, Canada (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – Canada, Finland and the United States have set up the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact). The...
15 kg of cocaine seized in Finland’s port of Naantali
Naantali, Finland (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – Finnish customs officials have seized 15 kg of cocaine with a street value of 2.25 million euro from a...
Konecranes new heavy-duty electric forklift
Hyvinkää, Finland (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – Finland’s Konecranes Oyj new heavy-duty version of its flagship E-VER electric forklift with lifting...
Cargotec to demerge Kalmar business
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – The Board of Directors of Cargotec Corporation has approved a demerger plan for its Kalmar and Hiab...
Kazakhstan Railways and Nurminen Logistics start new trans-Caspian Sea service
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – KTZ Express JSC and the Finnish operator Nurminen Logistics Services OY have started a new trans-Caspian...
Konecranes comments on the impacts of the war in Ukraine on its business and financial performance
Konecranes comments on the impacts of the war in Ukraine on its business and financial performance – April 21, 2022 Konecranes condemns the war in...
Cargotec refocuses its strategy for higher financial performance
Cargotec refocuses its strategy for higher financial performance through sustainability and growth in profitable core businesses; plans to exit Kalmar’s...
European Commission clears the merger of Cargotec with Konecranes, subject to conditions
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed merger between Cargotec and Konecranes. The approval is conditional on the...
Konecranes partners with Pesmel to supply automated warehouse container handling systems
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – Konecranes and Pesmel will cooperate to supply automated warehouse container handling technology for...
Konecranes now delivers hybrid and electric RTGs as carbon neutral
As global concern about carbon emissions and climate change grows, Konecranes is taking significant action to reduce the CO2Â emissions of its own operations...
UK Competition & Markets Authority provisionally rules against Cargotec- Konecranes merge
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that the...
Finnish delegation visits the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 12, 2021 – A delegation from Finland, including members of the Transport and Communications Commission of the...
Cargotec’s Kalmar and Konecranes’ Port Solutions – the new global leader in material handling solutions
Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) November 7, 2021 – By mid-2022, Konecranes and Cargotec will merge to create “a global leader in sustainable material...