News / Samskip acquires Sea Connect in move to expand Baltic operations

European multimodal and shortsea operator Samskip has expanded its Baltic operations after acquiring Lithuanian feeder carrier Sea Connect.

The Klaipeda-headquartered line operates three chartered 660 teu capacity ice-class feedermax vessels – the Pirita, Perseus (ex-name Atlantic Coast) and Njord.

According to the eeSea liner database, it operates two feeder services – the Baltic1 connecting St Petersburg, Hamburg and Rotterdam with an inducement call at Aarhus; and the Baltic2 between Klaipeda and Rotterdam.

It will be renamed Samskip Sea Connect, and will develop new ...