CLdN has completed the acquisition of Samskip’s quay-to-quay and door-to-door freight business between mainland Europe, the UK and Ireland after receiving all required regulatory approvals. The services will officially transfer to CLdN on 29 June.
The acquisition covers Samskip’s container shipping network linking Rotterdam with the UK ports of Belfast, Blyth, Grangemouth, Hull and Tilbury, and the Irish ports of Cork, Dublin and Waterford. The services make more than 1,000 port calls annually.
The deal also includes Samskip’s door-to-door freight operations between the UK, Ireland and continental Europe, together with lease agreements for more than 5,000 multimodal cargo units, including pallet-wide containers, reefers, curtain-side containers and flat racks.
Both companies said they are working closely to ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption for customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.
The acquisition expands CLdN’s short-sea container shipping network and strengthens its integrated RoRo and LoLo services. It also increases the scale of the company’s multimodal logistics operations, particularly between the UK, Ireland and Central and Eastern Europe.
Although the Rotterdam-UK and Ireland services are transferring to CLdN, Samskip said it will continue serving the UK and Ireland through its wider multimodal and freight forwarding network. The company will maintain connections with Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Baltic states.
“Our industry continues to evolve rapidly, and successful organizations must evolve with it,” said Ólafur Orri Ólafsson, CEO of Samskip. “This milestone allows us to focus our efforts on what matters most to our customers: reliable services, strong regional expertise, and a seamless multimodal network that helps simplify increasingly complex supply chains.”
