February 22, 2026
CLdN will acquire Samskip’s quay-to-quay and door-to-door freight business between the Continent and the UK & Ireland.
- Includes container services between Rotterdam and UK ports (Belfast, Blyth, Grangemouth, Hull, Tilbury) and Irish ports (Cork, Dublin, Waterford).
- Network currently performs more than 1,000 port calls per year.
- Covers door-to-door multimodal operations linking the UK & Ireland with continental Europe.
- Transfer of leases for 5,000+ multimodal cargo units, including 45ft pallet-wide containers, reefers and flat racks.
- Supplier agreements for road, rail, barge, vessel sharing and port operations to move to CLdN.
- Strengthens CLdN’s short-sea container offering alongside its RoRo activities.
- Expands scale and network reach, particularly towards Central & Eastern Europe.
- Regulatory and competition approval required before closing.
- Financial details not disclosed.
