Stena Line named Short Sea Shipping Company of the Year
Stena Line Freight has been named Short Sea Shipping Company of the Year at the prestigious Irish Exporters Association’s Export Industry Awards.
The Export Industry Awards recognise the tremendous achievements of companies working in the industry who have helped the export-led recovery by boosting Ireland's total exports of goods and services to an all-time high of €171 billion in the past year. The awards recognise all export industry sectors from services to manufacturing sectors from companies trading successfully in tough European markets to the companies trading in far-flung markets against the odds.
The Short Sea Shipping Company of the Year Award recognises the outstanding achievement in the delivery of these services to and from Ireland, while also highlighting the strategically significant role it plays to the economy.
Frank Nieuwenhuys, Stena Line’s freight commercial manager, UK & Ireland said, “ As this award is presented to the company which has made the most valuable contribution to the efficiency of the maritime transport mode in Ireland, we are thrilled to have been named the Short Sea Shipping Company of the Year. This comes one month after we were named Shipping Line of the Year at the Export & Freight Awards.
“Despite the current economic climate, we have continued to invest heavily in our services and facilities to ensure that we remain the ferry operator of choice. In fact, the past year has been one of the biggest for Stena Line on the Irish Sea as we launched a purpose built £80 million Loch Ryan Port and terminal facility in Cairnryan, added the two largest ferries ever to sail between Northern Ireland and Scotland and completed the acquisition of our new routes from Belfast to Liverpool (Birkenhead) and Belfast to Heysham and on the latter we deployed new F-Class ships which provide the most up to date tonnage as well as additional capacity.
“By continuing such investment, we have been able to keep our customers in focus, helping improve efficiency with shorter travel times and new sailing options, all of which have helped reduce journey costs for hauliers whilst contributing towards improved delivery schedules in line with market demands,” Frank added.
The president of the Irish Exporters Association, Colin Lawlor said he was very heartened by Stena Line’s, ''fully committed services offering to Irish based exporters' and was confident this would assist Ireland's export-led recovery.”
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