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Finnlines to launch new biweekly service from Walhamn to Ust-Luga

New service from Wallhamn to Ust-Luga will be launched late March 2012 will expand its presence in Russia further and enhances the country’s maritime links with the Scandinavian market. Finnlines today announced its biweekly new service from Wallhamn on the SW coast in Sweden to the Russian port of Ust-Luga. The service will deploy one ro-ro vessel. This service, which reaffirms the company’s strong commitment to the promising Russian market, represents a new link between the Scandinavian countries and Russia In addition to an ideal location for unitized traffics, Wallhamn is also a growing port for handling of new cars. Many ocean-going vessels are calling at Wallhamn where goods with its final destination Russia can easily be transhipped to Ust-Luga with Finnlines. Finnlines will launch the new service at the end of March with one modern ro-ro vessel, targeted towards the automotive industry as well as at the truck, trailer and container business. The service departs from Wallhamn every other Tuesday and arrives at the new terminal port of Ust-Luga on Thursday. http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98928