Samskip

Samskip is a global logistics company offering transport and related services by land, sea, rail and air with a particular focus on cost efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly transport. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Samskip has offices in 24 countries in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.  Samskip employs approximately 1,300 people around the world.

Samskip Multimodal transports more than 600,000 TEUs every year and is Europe's largest multimodal and short sea container operator. The company combines short sea, rail, road and barge services into seamless, cost efficient, sustainable and reliable transport solutions for their customers.

Samskip is also a major operator in the field of temperature-controlled logistics. Through Samskip Logistics, the company offers a full range of services, including ocean freight, trucking, cold storage and documentation based on its in-depth knowledge of global refrigerated transport. These services are supported by a network of offices in Europe, Asia, Australia and North and South America.

Elaine Pelisson, Director Human Resources at Samskip, commented, "We have been purchasing IMDG Code e-learning courses for general awareness training since 2010. We are a large company with employees located globally. The e-learning approach enables us to train large numbers of staff in different geographic locations to the same standard at the same time. It is easy to set up additional courses if required, and retrain staff for each new Amendment."

IMDG Code e-learning is a cost-effective online training tool for all shore side staff involved in the handling and transport of dangerous goods by sea. It was developed in collaboration with the International Maritime Organization, and gives high quality training that complies with both the general awareness and function specific training requirements in the IMDG Code.