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Further to yesterday’s update regarding the ongoing pilot service disruption in Antwerp, we regret to confirm that MS Finneco 2 will be forced to cancel the Antwerp call on the Northbound voyage originally scheduled for Thursday, July 2nd.

The latest discussions between political authorities and pilots’ representatives held yesterday did not result in any concrete outcome. As a result, the situation is expected to persist until further notice.

Regarding MS Finneco 2:

• All import cargo destined for Antwerp will be discharged in Zeebrugge on Thursday, July 2nd, starting from 16:00 and made available for pickup upon that.
• All export cargo from Belgium to Poland and Finland will be loaded in Zeebrugge on Thursday.
• Delivery to Zeebrugge is possible until Thursday 21:00 hrs.

Please ensure this information is shared within your organization and with your suppliers.

Due to the ongoing disruption caused by the pilots taking their maximum statutory rest hours, our vessel schedules continue to be significantly impacted.

To date, more than 100 vessels have already been affected.

For the Finneco 2 Northbound voyage, we are currently considering cancelling this week’s Antwerp call (scheduled for Thursday,July 2nd) and routing all export cargo via Zeebrugge instead.

This measure is intended to minimize service disruption for our customers while protecting the long-term schedule integrity of the service.

At present, operations in Zeebrugge have been less affected than those in Antwerp.

Should this decision be confirmed, export cargo can be delivered to Zeebrugge (Thursday closing) instead of Antwerp.

However, as further discussions between the political authorities and the pilots’ representatives are scheduled for this afternoon, we remain hopeful that a workable solution will be reached, allowing operations to return to normal as soon as possible.

For this reason, a final decision whether to cancel or maintain the Antwerp port call will be made tomorrow morning, based on the outcome of today’s meeting between parties.

To provide you with as much flexibility as possible, we would already like to inform you that, if you are planning to deliver export cargo for shipment during today or tomorrow, you may choose to deliver your cargo to Zeebrugge instead of Antwerp.

Should the Antwerp call ultimately be cancelled, cargo delivered to Zeebrugge will be shipped as planned, ensuring that your cargo can still depart from Belgium this week.

We will communicate our final decision tomorrow morning and keep you informed of any further developments.

The MV Finneco 1 has finally departed Antwerp this afternoon, incurring an additional delay of 16 hours.

Accordingly, the updated schedule is as follows:

• Hanko: 01/07 from 08:00 to 14:00
• Helsinki: 01/07 at 20:00 to 02/07 at 08:00
• Kotka: 02/07 at 14:00 to 03/07 at 22:00
• Gdynia: 04/07 at 22:00 to 05/07 at 02:00
• Antwerp: 07/07 from 14:00 to 21:00
• Sheerness: 08/07 from 09:00 to 18:00
• Zeebrugge: 09/07 at 06:00 to 10/07 at 02:00
• Bilbao: 12/07 from 08:00 to 20:00

The ongoing action by the Belgian pilot service is forcing us to cancel the Antwerp port call from the Finneco-3 schedule.

According to the latest information received, there are currently 43 vessels waiting outside Antwerp, of which 27 have no clear prospect of berthing.

To avoid the Finneco-3 ending up waiting outside Antwerp without reliable schedule information, and to ensure timely cargo delivery, the decision has been made to discharge the Antwerp cargo in Zeebrugge.

The Finneco-3 will arrive in Zeebrugge on Monday the 29th at 10:00 hrs.

All oRo cargo originally planned for discharge in Antwerp will instead be discharged in Zeebrugge and will be available for pick-up from 14:00 onwards.

Import containers for Antwerp will be discharged in the evening and will be available for pick up from Tuesday morning.

Upon completion of discharge operations, the vessel will proceed to Sheerness and subsequently return to Zeebrugge as per the existing schedule.

Zeebrugge import volumes are therefore planned to be discharged on Wednesday, 1 July, as previously communicated.

Updated schedule for MV Finneco-3:

• Antwerp: Cancelled
• Zeebrugge: 29/06 – 06:00–18:00
• Sheerness: 30/06 – 06:00–14:00
• Zeebrugge: 01/07 – 06:00 to 02/07 02:00
• Bilbao: 04/07 – 08:00–20:00

The Belgian pilots’ action is ongoing and continues to affect port service reliability and schedule maintenance.

As a result, MV Finneco 1 is expected to run 24 hours behind the original schedule.

At present, we can provide the following updated itinerary:

• Antwerp: 27/06 from 06:00 to 14:00
• Hanko: 30/06 from 14:00 to 20:00
• Helsinki: 01/07 from 06:45 to 22:30
• Kotka: eta 02/07 at 06:00

The road tunnel in Vuosaari  is being renovated and the tunnel is not in use for the time being.

Please read more about the traffic arrangements.