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Atlantic Container Line and Finnlines have suspended transport to and from Russia and Belarus
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March 11, 2022
The atlantic container line (ACL) shipping companies and Finnlines of the Italian shipowning group Grimaldi have announced the suspension of its services for the transport of goods to and from Russia and Belarus. ACL, which operates services in the north Atlantic mainly for the transport of various goods, has specified that the decision was taken because the the need to comply appropriately with the number of increasing sanctions and port restrictions leave nothing else choice. Finnlines has also confirmed its respect for all the rules in force, including sanctions. The shipping company Finnish, whose network of passenger and rolling stock services is extended mainly in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, has Whereas, in addition to compliance with the rules, growing concern about the international situation, already on 9 March it unilaterally stopped its traffic to Russia, although not the company is directly subject to no such imposition. In particular, Finnlines has suspended its four services to Russia with departures from Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain operated with four vessels of Finnish flag and rolling stock load capacity totaling 16 thousand linear meters, ships that have been reallocated to other intra-EU services. In addition, Finnlines has activated to assist Ukrainian citizens, as well as with initiatives humanitarian, granting them among other things free transport on the own ships to those who leave Ukraine because of the war in course, similar to what is also carried out by the other ships of the Grimaldi group in the Mediterranean.
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The atlantic container line (ACL) shipping companies and Finnlines of the Italian shipowning group Grimaldi have announced the suspension of its services for the transport of goods to and from Russia and Belarus. ACL, which operates services in the north Atlantic mainly for the transport of various goods, has specified that the decision was taken because the the need to comply appropriately with the number of increasing sanctions and port restrictions leave nothing else choice. Finnlines has also confirmed its respect for all the rules in force, including sanctions. The shipping company Finnish, whose network of passenger and rolling stock services is extended mainly in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, has Whereas, in addition to compliance with the rules, growing concern about the international situation, already on 9 March it unilaterally stopped its traffic to Russia, although not the company is directly subject to no such imposition. In particular, Finnlines has suspended its four services to Russia with departures from Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain operated with four vessels of Finnish flag and rolling stock load capacity totaling 16 thousand linear meters, ships that have been reallocated to other intra-EU services. In addition, Finnlines has activated to assist Ukrainian citizens, as well as with initiatives humanitarian, granting them among other things free transport on the own ships to those who leave Ukraine because of the war in course, similar to what is also carried out by the other ships of the Grimaldi group in the Mediterranean.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
