Finnlines, a subsidiary of the Grimaldi Group in Northern Europe and the Baltic, is expanding its freight transport service from the Port of Bilbao to the North Sea, with a view to strengthening connections between Northern and Western Europe and thus opening up new opportunities for more efficient and sustainable freight transport. Specifically, starting the week of 26 June, the shipping company will add the Polish port of Gdynia to the route of its weekly service, departing on Saturdays and represented in Bilbao by Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza. The line will call at the ports of Zeebrugge and Antwerp in Belgium, Helsinki and Kotka in Finland, Travemünde and Lübeck in Germany, and, from June, Gdynia in Poland. Service connections are available from these ports to Ireland, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden and the Grimaldi network to North and South America, West Africa and the Far East.

Andima Ormaetxe Bengoa, Director of Operations, Sales and Logistics at the Port Authority of Bilbao, congratulated Finnlines on “the launch of this new connection with Poland. The company’s commitment to efficient and sustainable vessels, such as the Finneco series, clearly reflects its determination to decarbonise maritime transport. Furthermore, its ability to adapt routes to changing market demands further strengthens the company’s flexibility, in line with today’s business environment. At the Port of Bilbao, we fully share this vision and are moving forward decisively with our investments to electrify the docks, thereby contributing to cleaner, more competitive logistics chains aligned with European climate objectives”.
Source: Port of Bilbao