Samskip is launching a shortsea-container service linking Santander, Tilbury and Rotterdam providing the reliability as well as the security benefits and environmental sustainability of intermodal transportation to clients all over Spain with dedicated local customer service.

The new service launches from Rotterdam on Tuesday April 2nd, offering customers a weekly Spain-Tilbury-Rotterdam shortsea option that remains highly cost competitive against road-ferry alternatives while providing greater reliability and substantially lower CO2 emissions per tonne mile.

Samskip has a significant local presence with strong local presence in Rotterdam as well as the UK along with the recent addition of our recently established office in Bilbao created to aid our strategy for growth in and around the Iberian Peninsula, we are in a strong position to deliver the type of service Samskip is renowned for.

Olafur Orri Olafsson, Head of Network Optimization & Iberia Trade Olafur Orri Olafsson, Head of Network Optimization and Iberia “This new service linking Northern Spain to the London economy and logistic center of Rotterdam can provide an more reliable and stable service to our clients, as compared with that which is currently available on the Bay of Biscay. The BMT Santander terminal the BMT Santander terminal, which is in the natural bay that is part of Santander, the Port of Santander, gives an advantage on the notoriously turbulent northern coastline because the terminal is secure and is able to run continuously regardless of the extreme winds. In Samskip we work relentlessly to ensure our customers get the top standard of service on their goods that travel through and out of Santander and the Iberian Peninsula.”

Javier Fontaneda, Country Customer Experience Manager at Samskip S.L. : “With this new service and this new service, we as Samskip expand our reach within the UK and are able to provide the East as well as West coast services to our clients. In addition we also offer an immediate connection to Santander to Rotterdam in addition to being able to utilize Rotterdam as a port of transshipment that connects our services to the remainder of Europe. This is yet another move in our goal to provide our customers an improved Door/Door service in Europe, the UK as well as Europe.”

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Samskip

Waalhaven Oostzijde 81 – Port no. 2203

3087 BM Rotterdam

Tel. : +31 88 400 1000

Fax: +31 88 400 1900

Email: rotterdam@samskip com