News / Samskip delivers the goods by switching capacity across its network

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While deepsea container lines have been blanking hundreds of sailings on the main trades, the same has not been true of Europe’s shortsea carriers.

Despite the sudden drop in volumes following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, “playing with the schedule is simply not an option”, Jerome Feuvrier, chief commercial officer of Samksip, told The Loadstar.

“We have some very large industrial customers who rely on us to operate their just-in-time supply chains, and maintaining the integrity of this is of upmost ...