In English (3.67 MB) - Finnlines

Finnlines
From left to rigth: Håkan Modig, Executive Vice President, Fleet Management,
Finnlines Plc, Lars Andersson, Master, Brian Rolfe, Managing Director,
Finnlines UK Ltd and Jeroen Brauns, VCK Amsterdam.
Uwe Bakosch, President/CEO,
Finnlines Plc.
Accessibility of port to be
improved in Antwerp
The service will provide a boost for Finnlines,
adding capacity and providing an alternative
route for the burgeoning Russia trade, so enhancing
customer satisfaction. But it should
also be a boon for Antwerp as the port authority’s
commercial director, Luc Arnouts,
told the multitude assembled for the inauguration.
He stressed the importance of developing
the Left Bank of the port, where Finnlines and
Grimaldi vessels currently call. Continuing
development work in this area will soon see
the installation of a new sea-lock designed
to improve access and ease the problem of
congestion at the Kallo lock, the Left Bank’s
one access route.
Bolstering trade to and from Russia
Evgeny Baranovskiy, consul general of
the Russian Federation, also extended his
congratulations to Finnlines on the launch of
the new line, which he said renews a historic
link between Antwerp and St. Petersburg. He
added that the service should significantly
bolster trade between Russia and Belgium,
and between Russia and the rest of Europe
and beyond.
There was time for further evidence of
the Grimaldi Group’s strong presence in Antwerp,
with the guests able to follow the arrival
of another of its ships at the end of the
day. The concensus appeared to be that with
this latest addition to its network of services
through St. Petersburg, Finnlines has another
hit on its hands.
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