Celebration Continues For New Samskip Baltic Sea Short-Sea Service With Second Port Call in Riga

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐦, 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢, 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢, 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫!

The captain and crew of Orion were welcomed by the Samskip Riga team and representatives from Rīga's Centrālais Termināls. Import containers were smoothly discharged, before the vessel set sail again with containers destined for the United Kingdom.

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐚, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐢𝐣𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝:
"𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑅𝑖𝑔𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑣𝑖𝑎. 𝑇𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝐾 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑-𝑖𝑛-ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑜𝑓 "𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒". 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑅𝑖𝑔𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠.”

𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐊𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝:
"𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡-𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝐾, 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 to our customers. 𝐴𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑝, 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠, 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔; 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.”