Containership operator Samskip is shaking off uncertainty over Brexit to launch a new service connecting the UK with the European continent.

New group chief executive officer Kari-Pekka Laaksonen said the Netherlands-based multimodal carrier will this month establish a new liner service linking Portugal with the UK.

The Rotterdam-based operator will launch a weekly service using two ships as part of a vessel sharing agreement (VSA) with X-Press Feeders.