CLdN, headquartered in Luxembourg, has chartered two 962 TEU lift-on / lift-off (LoLo) cargo vessels, M/V Pavo J and M/V Andromeda J) to sail new services between its recently acquired Distriport terminal in Rotterdam, Dublin and Cork.
It says this is being done in response to high-level customer demand for freight movement between Ireland and the European mainland.
“The introduction of the new LoLo services will also enable an optimisation of CLdN’s roll-on / roll-off (RoRo) fleet deployment, thereby increasing capacity on the routes between Rotterdam and the UK,” the company said in the announcement.
“The two additional weekly LoLo sailings complement the three RoRo sailings operated by CLdN each week to and from Dublin. These RoRo services will continue to operate from CLdN’s RoRo terminal in Rotterdam. The LoLo service to Cork complements the RoRo service operated by CLdN from its Zeebrugge terminal.
The new services will start on March 18. Last December, 3.5 hectares of terminal area were added to Dublin. It says it operates 500,000 cargo units a year to and from Ireland, “the largest mover of ferry freight between Ireland and mainland Europe / Great Britain.
Its services operational weekly schedule will now be: Rotterdam ⟷ Dublin : 5 sailings; Rotterdam ⟷ Cork : 1 sailing;Zeebrugge ⟷ Dublin : 2 sailings; Zeebrugge ⟷ Cork : 2 sailings;Santander ⟷ Dublin : 2 sailings; Liverpool ⟷ Dublin : 60 sailings;Heysham ⟷ Dublin : 6 sailings
