MedCruise and Cruise Lines International Association Europe (CLIA Europe) have signed a collaboration agreement in Brussels. Through this new agreement both organisations are vowed to jointly promote cruise ship traffic in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black and Red Seas, the Adriatic, and the shores of north of Africa and near Atlantic. In virtue of this […]
Rolling out LNG infrastructure for shipping in Europe would cost US$22bn but only deliver a maximum 6% reduction in ship greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared to the replaced diesel, a new study has found. These emissions savings would likely be cancelled out by the growth of maritime trade, even before possibly higher rates of […]
From the 18th to the 20th of June the second edition of the technical course “Groupage and Consolidation Centres” of the Escola took place in Barcelona. This course edition was designed specifically for operators from a rapidly expanding sector: maritime groupage. The course offered by the Escola is pioneering and innovative; it combines information on […]
Sapientia: Ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and perception, in particular in a mature and useful manner. The concept of Sapientia (or Wisdom), in my opinion, is in an accelerated process of evolution. If we understand it as what we expect people to have to be able to think and […]
Spanish ship owners live a moment of technological transformation and digitalization, dependent on the impact of environmental regulations on their activities. The environmental sustainability of logistics chains has become a key factor for logistics management in all of its business segments. For maritime transport, in particular, during the last months there has been a regulatory […]
INEA has signed grant agreements with 39 projects selected for funding under two Horizon 2020 calls – Mobility for Growth and Automated Road Transport respectively. They will receive a total of €243.8 million. Most of the funding – some €200 million – will go to 36 projects selected under Mobility for Growth. The remaining amount will go to three […]
This is done under the RePort project, which is financed with European funds for regional development. The port of Barcelona has adapted a total of 26 vehicles for its propulsion through liquefied natural gas (LNG) in an initiative led by the Port Authority of Barcelona in collaboration with ATEC, the Generalitat and Gas Natural, among […]
The Escola Europea – Intermodal Transport has participated in the International Logistics Show of Barcelona – the annual logistics fair in Spain. Sharing a stand with one of its main shareholders –the Port of Barcelona-, the Escola presented its training offer for the second semester of 2018 and promoted some of its projects; highlighting the […]
This autumn the Escola’s MOST courses for professionals will return, with two editions scheduled for professionals coming from Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, respectively. The aim of the MOST Management courses is to offer complete and concise training in intermodal maritime logistics, short sea shipping services and the motorways of the sea. The courses aimed […]
The European Association of Ship Brokers and Agents (ECASBA) has chosen the city of Barcelona to celebrate its annual seminar this year. In this way, the entity shows its support to the newly created Spanish Association of Consignment Agents (ASECOB), which already brings together a number of companies that carry out the activities of shipping […]
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