Icelandic container line Samskip believes it has the network in place to counter Brexit disruption to European trade.

It has increased sailings between Hull and Benelux ports to 11 per week, saying container volumes are growing quickly to fill the extra capacity.

The company said two years of pre-Brexit investment in North Sea container shipping services is "proving decisive in winning shippers away from cross-Channel ferry routes at a critical time for UK-EU relations."