Comment / Under the radar: Q&A with Samskip CEO – M&A-driven 'network expansion strategy'

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Shortly after Netherlands-headquartered Samskip acquired Lithuanian short sea carrier Sea Connect at the end of last month, CEO Kari-Pekka Laaksonen sat (virtually) down with Premium for a Q&A session on what next for the intra-Europe specialist whose operations combine short sea shipping, trucking and intermodal solutions.

What was the attraction of the Sea Connect purchase?

“We completed the acquisition of Sea Connect last week – it was a deal that had been on our table for quite a long time and we ...