Stora Enso and PSA Zeebrugge extend cooperation
PSA Zeebrugge announces, that the cooperation with Stora Enso has been extended. Moreover, Stora Enso has also chosen PSA’s Zeebrugge International Port ( ZIP) Multi - Purpose facilities as its main hub for its Stora Enso Short Sea System (4S) of shipping connections with effect from 15 November, the company said in its press release.
Stora Enso has been an important customer for ZIP since the start of its operations in 2000 and the mutually benef icial partnership has grown from year to year. With the consolidation of more services in Zeebrugge, the Stora Enso volumes in the port are expected to increase significantly. Via the 4S shipping network, ZIP terminal will be linked directly to several loc ations in Europe and beyond .
The expanded schedules of sailing s from ZIP are as follows:
Sweden (Göteborg): 4 calls/week
North Finland (Kemi,Oulu): 1 call/week
South Finland (Kotka,Rauma): 2 calls/week
Spain (Bilbao): 1 call/week
UK (Tilbury): 2 calls/week
Brazil (Portocel, Barra do Riacho, State of Espirito Santo): 3 calls/month
US (Philadelphia): 2 calls/month.
For the connections to Sweden and North Finland, Stora Enso will employ its own vessels operated by Swedish Orient Line (SOL) which will take cha rge of further commercializing those services . Aside from carrying Stora Enso’s SECU’s these vessels will also transport all kinds of Ro/Ro cargo such as trailers, cars, cassettes for example.