Samskip adds Greece to its pan-European multimodal network

Samskip has added Greece to the list of countries in southern Europe that it now serves by road and rail.

It has appointed one of Greece's transport and logistics specialists, Carel, as its agent and has launched rail services linking Mannheim and Rotterdam with Athens and Thessaloniki. "With Greece's major port, Piraeus, in constant turmoil, shippers are looking with new interest at the scope for intermodal transport to and from Greece," explained Paul J Swaak, Director Strategic Development for Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics. "Shipping all-water from northern Europe to Greece is fraught with problems and trucking becomes more expensive every time there is a rise in the price of a gallon of crude oil. Moving cargo in our 45-foot palletwide containers by rail now makes a very competitive and environmentally friendly alternative, faster than sea and cheaper than road transport.

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