Unifeeder will buy the United Feeder Services



The society of Danish navigation Unifeeder, that he is the operating leader of marine services feeder in Europe, will widen own range in the Mediterranean, in which up to now it carries out mainly services in the western basin, signing an agreement in order to acquire the Cypriot United Feeder Services (UFS), company that work services primariamente in the basin oriental of the Mediterranean and that is constituted on January 1°, 1999 with the fusion of three Marine Mediterranean operators feeder Camou, Medexpress Italy and Mediterranean Feeders ( on 16 December 1998). According to the forecasts, the operation will be capacity to term at the end of the next month.

Unifeeder and United Feeder Services will continue to operate as independent companies with independent organizations. "Both our companies - the managing director of Unifeeder has commented, Jesper Kristensen - have a consolidated experience in offering to our customers interesting solutions of transport. Together we will be able to ulteriorly improve our services in the scene of a more and more demanding question by our customers. Moreover - it has specified Kristensen - we will continue to realize economies of scale in the within of our activities, that they are the key for our competitiveness in the long term".

The president of United Feeder Services, Cecilia Battistello-Eckelmann, that he is president of Contship Italy, group that has a participation in UFS, has emphasized that "UFS has developed a wide presence in the market feeder in the Mediterranean. Realizing a complete net of services from the Iberian Peninsula to the Black Sea - he has explained - we have served customers with different requirements a lot and we have earned the reputation of reliable operator feeder. UFS brings meaningful experiences and competences in the future relationship with Unifeeder of which the societies will benefit both. Together we will be able to improve our ability to satisfy the requirements of our customers".

United Feeder Services has a fleet of about 15 ships for a cargo ability pairs to about 15.000 container teu. .

Unifeeder, than - we remember - has been recently acquired from the Nordic bottom Capital Fund VIII ( on 5 April 2013), it has a fleet of beyond 40 portacontenitori for an ability to total hold pairs than more 40 thousand teu.