A new shipping line is being launched linking the Humber with southern Norway.
Viasea, a Norwegian operation, opened a new office in Immingham in January, and a direct container service between the port and the Scandinavian country will start on May 1.
Departing Immingham at midnight on a Saturday, it will call at Oslo on Wednesdays, then Moss and Larvik on Thursdays, before a final call at Kristiansand on Fridays.
The company, which also has interests in Holland, Lithuania and Poland, is led by Andrew Ellis in the 海角视频, and his three-strong team is described as having 鈥渆xtensive experience from the industry; shortsea, logistics and export from the 海角视频鈥.
A Viasea spokesperson added: 鈥淚mmingham is the largest port in the 海角视频 by tonnage. It鈥檚 location makes it one of the busiest trade industries and connects businesses across the 海角视频 and the rest of the world.鈥
The route will be served by the MV Carla, a vessel with a capacity for 750 trailer equivalent units.
While the Humber and Norway enjoys a strong trading relationship in seafood this is seen as a consumer cargo and industrial products link by Viasea.
It is also focusing on the European-favoured high cube containers, with work on the port鈥檚 rail connections having taken place to facilitate such developments recently.
As reported, the Humber has just been granted freeport status by the 海角视频 government, with 拢50 million invested in upgrading the pan-estuary container terminals.
There is a concerted effort to attract traffic up the coast, away from the congested South East, and closer to the industrial heartland.
