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NY office to spearhead Samskip US growth

Samskip Logistics has opened a new US head office in New York under the management of Paul Dean. For over two decades, the company has operated two offices in Norfolk, VA and in Seattle, WA. Samskip Logistics now plans to open more offices in the US. [+]

New link to north Norway

Samskip has added Gjemnes to the schedule of its weekly Norwegian West Coast shortsea services, following the introduction of the larger 657teu MV Alk to the route in mid-2015. Departures from Rotterdam are on Tuesday with arrival in Gjemnes on Saturday. The shipping service is an alternative to trucking on ... [+]

Samskip streamlines logistics

Short-sea shipping operator Samskip has formally launched its Logistics arm, the latest state in a streamlining operation that started in May last year. Samskip Logistics brings all of Samskip’s dry and reefer forwarding activities into a single business unit, including Samskip Icepak Logistics and forwarding services previously operated through ... [+]

Samskip starts south Sweden link

Samskip Van Dieren Multimodal has started a rail shuttle services between Duisburg, Germany and Malmö, southern Sweden. It offers a 17-hour transit time and six weekly departures northbound and southbound, with on-connections to the rest of Europe by barge, rail, shortsea or road. The shuttle is open to all types ... [+]

Slimlines for Samskip

Short-sea shipping line Samskip has introduce 20 custom-built, low-weight 45ft chassis from Krone to its Van Dieren Multimodal fleet. They weigh only 4.1 tonnes, increasing payload capacity and the specially designed flat fronted side makes this 45ft chassis ideal for reefer containers [+]

Loads more from Samskip

Samskip Multimodal has taken delivery of 63 new 20ft custom-built flatracks for its Steel and Construction Logistics department. The design maximises internal loading space and minimises empty weight and can carry longer, higher and wider loads than would fit on a standard 20ft flatrack, and an increased payload in the ... [+]

New Cranes for London Container Terminal

London Container Terminal in Tilbury this week saw the first of its two panamax ship to shore cranes fully operational.  The first of the two cranes boomed down onto the Samskip vessel, the Henrike Schepers, with her cargo of containers for the UK market.  Spanish company, Paceco Espana S.A., were awarded ... [+]

Samskip reorganises

Shortsea and intermodal carrier Samskip has reorganised itself to simplify and streamline its operations and business. Under the changes, announced by chairman of the board of Samskip Holding, Ólafur Ólafsson, the shipping and multimodal systems of Samskip Hf (North Atlantic business) and Samskip Multimodal will be combined under a single ... [+]

Coolboxes for Samskip

Samskip Multimodal has added 140 electrical reefer containers to its fleet for temperature-controlled or perishable goods across Europe. Thanks to an improved design using a flat composite inner lining, the new reefer containers are lighter, stronger, easier to clean and allow for smoother loading. Tare weight has also been reduced ... [+]

By rail and ship to Turkey

European multimodal transport operator Samskip Multimodal and Intercombi (ICL) Transport, a subsidiary of the leading logistics company Turkey Netlog Logistics Group have launched a joint service between Turkey and Europe. Initially the initiative GreenBridge Multimodal service will offer three block trains per week between the Samskip Multimodal rail terminal in Duisburg ... [+]

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