Freight operator CLdN has announced the launch of a new weekly shipping service between Zeebrugge in Belgium and Ireland.
The M/V JSP Rover, an 800 TEU lift-on/lift-off (LoLo) cargo vessel, has been chartered to ship containers between its Albert II terminal in Zeebrugge and the ports of Cork and Dublin.
This will also enable a further optimisation of CLdN’s roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) fleet deployment, thereby increasing customer options on the routes between Zeebrugge and Ireland.
CLdN says the new service is in reponse to continuing growth in customer demand to move freight between mainland Europe and Ireland. It builds on the successful combination of LoLo and RoRo services being offered from CLdN’s Rotterdam terminals since last year and is part of CLdN’s broader LoLo strategy that includes the construction of new-build container vessels for delivery as from January 2027.
The additional LoLo sailing complements the four RoRo sailings each week from Zeebrugge to Ireland (two to Cork and two to Dublin). It brings to 14 the number of weekly return sailings between Ireland and CLdN’s main continental hubs of Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. The new service will start this Saturday 10 May.
CLdN has grown its presence on the Irish trades significantly since the inception of its first cargo service to Ireland in 1999, with the most recent expansion being announced in August last year with the addition of new services between its Rotterdam Distriport terminal and Dublin.
Twenty-six years after its first cargo service to Ireland, CLdN today ships in excess of 500,000 cargo units a year to and from the republic, making it the largest mover of ferry freight between Ireland and mainland Europe/Great Britain.
