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Ellerman City Liners, part of GB Global,<\/strong> has acquired Viasea Shipping <\/strong>from Norway\u2019s ColliCare Holding AS<\/strong>, a move that strengthens Ellerman\u2019s position in the European shortsea shipping market and deepens its commitment to sustainable logistics solutions.<\/p>\n Founded in 2016, Viasea has grown rapidly as a challenger brand in Northern Europe\u2019s shortsea sector, operating scheduled services between the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, and Lithuania. With offices across key logistics hubs including Moss, Rotterdam, Gdynia, Klaipeda, and Immingham, the company has earned a reputation for reliable, customer-focused operations and for offering greener alternatives to road transport.<\/p>\n \u201cThis acquisition isn\u2019t just about growth; it\u2019s about redefining shortsea shipping for the future,\u201d said Iain Liddell, Founder and Managing Director of GB Global. \u201cBy combining Ellerman\u2019s UK expertise with Viasea\u2019s agile, sustainable shortsea operations, we\u2019re creating a European network built on speed, reliability, and greener solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n Peter Andrews, Managing Director of Ellerman City Liners, called the move \u201ca major step towards completing our European infrastructure jigsaw,\u201d adding that it will allow the company to deliver \u201ca truly comprehensive door-to-door service across Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n Morten Pettersen, Managing Director of Viasea, said joining GB Global \u201cis a natural evolution for Viasea\u201d and will enable the company \u201cto scale operations while staying true to our values.\u201d<\/p>\n The acquisition expands Ellerman\u2019s coverage, integrates multimodal rail links from Poland to Romania, and advances GB Global\u2019s mission to shift more freight from road to sea.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ellerman City Liners, part of GB Global, has acquired Viasea Shipping from Norway\u2019s ColliCare Holding AS, a move that strengthens Ellerman\u2019s position in the European shortsea shipping market and deepens its commitment to sustainable logistics solutions. Founded in 2016, Viasea has grown rapidly as a challenger brand in Northern Europe\u2019s shortsea sector, operating scheduled services …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/70931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}