This year, Scanlink Oy Ltd celebrates its remarkable 40th anniversary as a Finnish logistics expert. The company has been serving its customers since 1986, offering reliable road freight and international transport services from Finland to Europe, from Europe to Finland, and in domestic traffic.
The Scanlink team would like to thank our customers and partners for their trust and cooperation throughout the past year. We wish you a peaceful Christmas season and a new year filled with success, well-being, and new opportunities.
As the year comes to an end, the holiday season once again impacts transport schedules across all logistics modes. Ensuring reliable deliveries during this period requires proactive planning and clear visibility throughout the supply chain.
Summer brings with it a few public holidays that affect transportation schedules. We want to make sure that your deliveries run as smoothly as possible even during the summer season - Read the most important dates and planning tips.
During Easter and the upcoming May holidays, there will be exceptions to Scanlink’s normal transport schedules and office hours.
Important information for importers! Finnish Customs will implement a new guarantee system starting on May 24, 2025. With this change, the EORI number will no longer be sufficient for reserving a guarantee in customs declarations.
Scanlink team would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our customers and partners for your trust and collaboration throughout the year. Together, we have achieved great things, and we look forward to what 2025 will bring.
CHS and Scanlink will be closed on Friday, December 6, 2024, due to Finland's Independence Day. Our offices and customer service are open again on Monday 9 December 2024. Because of this, the unloading and distribution of import shipments will be moved to the beginning of the following week (week 50).
Toni Ruusumo has been appointed to his new position as Operations Supervisor at Scanlink Oy Ltd, December 1, 2024. In his new role, Toni will be more closely involved in the entire company's transportation and forwarding operations.
In October and November, there are several public holidays in Europe that fall on weekdays, when companies are generally closed and pickups or deliveries are not possible.
The shipping company Finnlines will start operating in September on a new route from Finland to the port of London Medway, with further connections to Belgium, Ireland and Spain. With the new connection, customers benefit from shorter transport times and greater cargo capacity.
Today, September 16, temporary border controls have been introduced in Germany for six months at all land borders. The new inspections are a continuation of last year, when Germany increased border inspections at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland.
In week 37, there is a shortage of two ships on the Turku - Stockholm route due to maintenance dockings by the ferry company. Viking Grace and Viking Glory - ships will be serviced from 9 to 12 September 2024.
Together with CHS, we have helped numerous domestic export companies in participating in international fairs. The last project was the road transport of Finnish FMG defence to the Eurosatory trade fair in Paris, where the products had to be transported safely and carefree.
Scanlink's and CHS's offices are normally open on Thursday 20.6, but on Friday 21.6. offices and warehouses are closed on Midsummer's Eve and will open again normally on Monday 24.6.
May Day (vappu) and Ascension Day (helatorstai) are public holidays in Finland, so Scanlink´s office is closed on May 1st and Thursday 9. on Ascension Day.
Situation update on the aftereffects of the long-running political strike. The stevedores' strike in Finland ended on April 8, but the overcrowded ports are still recovering from the congestion. Due to this, there will be delays in the export and import of sea and road freight for several more weeks.
The Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT started a political strike of the stevedoring sector on March 11, 2024. According to the latest announcement, the strikes in Finnish ports will end and stevedoring operations will start again on Monday April 8 at 6 o'clock.
Easter holidays causes some exceptions to usual transport schedules and office hours in Finland. We recommend placing transport orders well in advance before the public holidays.
Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT will continue striking in all the Finnish ports until 7.4.2024, which includes the stevedoring activities. The strikes will cover all port operations in Finnish ports, including unloading, loading, receipt, and release of units.
Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT has announced a political strike that will close cargo traffic in ports for two weeks during 11.3. – 24.3.2024.
Finnish Transport Workers’ Union AKT has announced a 72-hour political industrial action which affects all Finnish ports.
The industrial action stops Finnish air traffic, ports, and several large factories. The strikes have significant effects on Finland's foreign trade and freight transport.
Scanlink Oy Ltd has got a new managing director from CHS Group, while owner Juha Harjula focuses on the role of chairman of the board. On January 1, 2024, Esa Vennola started as the new CEO of Scanlink Oy Ltd, a Finnish company specializing in road freight.
In Germany, railway workers have started a nationwide strike on Monday, January 8, 2024. In addition to this, nationwide farmers' tractor marches and roadblocks are slowing down transportation in Germany this week.
Scanlink would like to thank the staff, partners and clients for the past year and send holiday cheer and prosperous new year wishes 2024 for everyone.
The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK and its member unions have announced that they will carry out several industrial strikes on Thursday 14 December 2023. The strikes have significant effects on Finland's foreign trade and cargo transportation.
Heavy traffic tolls will increase in Hungary on October 1, 2023, in Germany on December 1, 2023 and in Austria on January 1, 2024. In the future, e.g., in Germany, a CO₂ surcharge will be billed along with the toll for trucks. In addition, the toll limit drops from 7.5 tons to >3.5 tons.
Finnlines' new and innovative hybrid ships utilize several different energy-saving technologies, and with this, cargo also moves across the Gulf of Pohjanlahti in a more responsible and ecological way.
Speed Oy has granted CHS Air & Sea Oy an emission saving certificate for a significant environmental achievement. The certificate is a concrete proof that by using Speed-Ecotruck transports, CHS has reduced road traffic carbon dioxide emissions by 75 tons during 2022.