Samskip to Sell UK and Ireland Freight Business

Short-Sea Shake-Up As CLdN Acquires Samskip’s UK & Ireland Business

In a move that’s turning heads across European freight corridors, Rotterdam-based multimodal operator Samskip has agreed to sell its UK and Ireland trade business — including both door-to-door and quay-to-quay cargo operations — to fellow short-sea and multimodal player CLdN. The deal was confirmed on 17 February 2026, and it marks a significant reshaping of short-sea services connecting the Continent with the British Isles.For customers used to…

Samskip to Sell UK and Ireland Freight Business

Samskip has announced an agreement with short sea shipping and multimodal operator CLdN to sell its UK and Ireland (UKI-trade)…

CLdN buying Samskip’s UK and Ireland business

In a week that has seen Hapag-Lloyd acquiring Zim a smaller deal has been sealed in the European shortsea sector

CLdN set to acquire Samskip's UK and Ireland services

Shortsea and multimodal operator CLdN is set to acquire Samskip’s UK and Ireland door-to-door and quay-to-quay cargo business. Samskip is looking to refocus on its long-distance multimodal network across the Baltics, Europe, and North Africa. Samskip’ CEO Ólafur Orri Ólafsson said he was “confident” that handing over responsibility for its UK and Ireland trade would secure the “continuity and high service levels” its customers expected. “It will…

CLdN takes over Samskip's UK and Ireland business

Luxembourg-based shortsea operator CLdN has agreed to acquire the UK and Ireland quay-to-quay and door-to-door freight business of multimodal group Samskip. The deal covers Samskip’s container shipping services linking Rotterdam with the UK ports of Belfast, Blyth, Grangemouth, Hull and Tilbury, as well as the Irish ports of Cork, Dublin and Waterford. The services make …

Samskip agrees to sell to CLdN its UK and Ireland quay-to-quay and door-to-door freight business

The transaction will give continuity and service for customers and helps to focus on growing other parts of the Samskip network. Today, Samskip announced an agreement with leading short sea shipping and multimodal operator CLdN to sell its UK and Ireland (UKI-trade) door-to-door and quay-to-quay cargo business. Samskip is confident that by handing over the UKI-trade, continuity and high service levels for its customers are secured. By selling th…