News / Samskip targets intra-Europe shortsea traffic with new Italy-Netherlands rail service

Icelandic shipping line and multimodal operator Samskip has launched a direct rail service between the Italian rail freight hub of Melzo and Amsterdam.

The aim is to build on the Dutch port’s new strategy of targeting shortsea intra-Europe volumes.

The thrice-weekly service will see the 750-metre trains arrive at Amsterdam’s TMA Logistics’ Holland Cargo Terminal (HCT), after a 24-hour trip, to link up with Samksip’s shortsea vessel departures to Hull.

“This will create a seamless multimodal option to minimise post-Brexit border control issues”, it said.

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