Intermodal Box Empire Created
Icelandic shipping to logistics company Samskip is set to acquire control of the Dutch intermodal operator Geest North Sea in a deal that will create Europes largest intra-European intermodal/shortsea container shipping network. The joint company will offer a network of shortsea services encompassing the North Sea, the Baltic, Ireland and Iberia while, via Rotterdam, its links will extend to most of mainland Europe as far south as Italy and eastwards to Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Global Marine has already expanded its operations from telecommunications to also include the marine renewables market and is an established installer of the inter-turbine and shore connection cabling for offshore wind farms. SMIT Heavy Lift, a division of Holland’s SMIT International, brings more than 160 years of marine construction experience.
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