Effective August 17th, Samskip will include a call in Zeebrugge on its ScanBalt service, which links the UK and North Continent with Sweden, Russia and the Baltic states.
The service, which currently covers the ports of Hull and Rotterdam, Helsingborg, Klaipeda and Ventspils, will also make weekly calls at the PSA HNN terminal in Zeebrugge.
In January of this year, Samskip signed an agreement with PSA HNN to develop a shortsea intermodal facility in Zeebrugge. Samskip already operates a weekly service between Zeebrugge and Dublin.
Samskip sees Zeebrugge as a perfect port for serving not only Belgium but also southern Holland and the north-eastern region of France including Ardennes and Alsace. With excellent barge and rail links, the port also offers the option of fast, eco-friendly links to more distant markets including Italy.
“We feel that there is a real demand in the market for this service,” said Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics’ CEO, Jens Holger Nielsen. “Using the PSA HNN terminal, we will offer a fast, regular and reliable service out of Zeebrugge into areas of Europe which are growing extremely rapidly.”
Samskip plans to add a Polish port call to this service schedule in September.