South-North intermodal service introduced
P&O Ferrymasters has launched a new multimodal service from Italy to Norway, offering businesses more options to transport their time-sensitive and valuable goods from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia. The service includes rail links between the main rail terminals in northern Italy and the three key ports Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Moerdijk in the Netherlands.
Goods are then shipped by sea from the Netherlands to three key ports in the west of Norway, Tananger, Bergen and Alesund. Other ports can be used to minimise road journeys in Norway, saving time and reducing carbon emissions.
From Italy to the Netherlands, goods can be transported by rail or road using 45-foot PW containers, swap body units or tilt trailers. The new service is also suitable for the shipment of heavy and oversized cargo. (ben)