Samskip introduces a new fixed day, weekly service between Rotterdam/Hamburg and Norway’s West Coast

News Release Samskip August 6, 2010

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Samskip Multimodal
Container Logistics will introduce a new weekly service linking the
Netherlands with Norway’s West Coast. With this
new service, the company offers direct calls between Rotterdam and Hamburg and the ports of
Stavanger, Haugesund,
Bergen and Ålesund in Norway. Using its own fleet of equipment,
Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics provides this
service on a
door-to-door basis, whilst offering a quay-to-quay service for shippers’ owned
containers.
 
With this addition,
Samskip is extending its existing network to and from Norway significantly, as
Caesar Luikenaar, Route Manager Norway Services at Samskip Multimodal Container
Logistics, describes:
 
“Adding the West Coast
of Norway has been a logical decision for us. Until recently, Norway was being served via
the main ports in the Oslofjord. Oncarriage to the West Coast was carried out
through a combination of rail and road transport, resulting in additional
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“With this new direct
connection, we are offering direct calls on Norway’s West Coast that are
very cost competitive and lead to faster and reduced transit times. Since the
Oslofjord service had already been well established, it was obvious to expand
the Norwegian network further. In addition to this geographical expansion,
Samskip will also introduce 45ft containers to this market, enabling customers
to switch from using trailer cargo to the more environmentally friendly
transport method of waterborne 45ft containers.” 
 
Samskip’s new service
will open up western Norway to the company’s
unique pan-European network. Calling at both the RST and ECT terminals in
Rotterdam, the port is being
used as the main hub for the hinterland of Benelux, France and Germany and offers links to
Samskip’s other multimodal and shortsea services to the UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Italy. The service will
depart the end of the week to arrive in Norway early the week
after.
 
Caesar Luikenaar
continues:
 
“We have already
started this service on a bi-weekly basis in June, but from the end of August we
will be offering departures on a weekly basis to cater for increased demand
during the fish season. Together with Frigocare (our coldstore in Alesund) and
our partner Coolboxx, we will offer both 40ft and 45ft reefer units, which are
ideal for fish and other fresh commodities. We can thus cater for reefer
business to and from the North West Continent through Hamburg and Rotterdam but also create connections to the
rest of our vast network thus covering Iberia, Ireland, UK etc”

 
 
With its specialized
and extensive fleet of flatrack equipment, Samskip Multimodal Container
Logistics offers logistics
solutions for the West-Norwegian off-shore and heavy industry markets. For
shippers’ owned containers such as tank and bulk equipment, Samskip provides
quay-to-quay services covering the entire
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