short sea shipping

COASTLINK

COASTLINK

The 25th edition of Coastlink will take place at the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam on 14–15 April 2027.

2nd July 2026

Coastlink announces Rotterdam 2027 conference

2nd July 2026

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

From 14–15 April 2027, industry leaders, policymakers and logistics experts will gather in Rotterdam, Netherlands for Coastlink 2027, hosted by Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) and the Port of Rotterdam.

22nd June 2026

Coastlink 2027 – Save the date

22nd June 2026

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OPERATIONS

Stena Line is set to acquire port operations in Liepaja, Latvia, strengthening its ferry services and port infrastructure across the Baltic Sea.

9th September 2025

Stena Line expands Baltic Sea operations

9th September 2025

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OPERATIONS

Building on the momentum of a highly successful 2025 conference, Coastlink 2026 is now accepting submissions from prospective speakers eager to share insights, solutions and innovations in short-sea shipping and multimodal logistics.

28th August 2025

Coastlink 2026 calls for speakers

28th August 2025

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OPERATIONS

Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, has been selected to host the Coastlink 2026 conference taking place at the Port of Hull in the UK.

1st May 2025

UK’s Humber will host Coastlink 2026

1st May 2025

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OPERATIONS

Shippers are working diligently towards greening their own value chains, but the question is, what do they need from ports to grow further. 

1st May 2025

Coastlink 2025: Working towards green multimodal logistics

1st May 2025

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

In the first panel session on day one of Coastlink, Onshore Power Supply (OPS) expansion to meet demand was a hot topic for discussion, not least of all how all ports are…

30th April 2025

Coastlink 2025: Upping the pace of OPS expansion

30th April 2025

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OPERATIONS

Coastlink 2025 in Bilbao got off to a great start on Tuesday, that’s despite the national power outage. Perhaps yet another sign of how we work in such a resilient strong industry. 

30th April 2025

Coastlink 2025: Act now for short sea to flourish

30th April 2025

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OPERATIONS

Coastlink 2025 will take place at the Port of Bilbao, Spain on 29 – 30 April, chaired once again by Nick Lambert, director and co-founder of NLA International.

8th November 2024

Bilbao to host Coastlink 2025

8th November 2024

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OPERATIONS

Speaker submissions are being invited for Coastlink 2025, the short sea shipping and sustainable logistics network.

19th August 2024

Speakers invited for Coastlink 2025

19th August 2024

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OPERATIONS

Maurice Delattre, Area Manager, Port of Amsterdam, talks one to one with Port Strategy highlighting short sea shipping as being key to sustainability, as the port readies to host this year’s Coastlink…

27th February 2024

Short-sea shipping under the spotlight

27th February 2024

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Felicity Landon speaks one-to-one with Stephen Carr, Group Commercial Director, Peel Ports Group*

26th April 2023

Peel: strength in diversity

26th April 2023

WORLD

WORLD

Steve Cameron sees positive indicators for short-sea shipping and UK small ports. Funding, autonomous vessel plans and off shore wind are all playing their part

15th November 2022

Signs of an uplift

15th November 2022