Dutch containership operator WEC Lines has launched a new weekly Ireland-France-Belgium service with calls linking Dublin, Le Havre, and Zeebrugge.
The load-on/load-off (lo-lo) service is operated by a WEC-owned 868 TEU capacity vessel based on a fixed 7-day rotation, departing Zeebrugge on Thursdays and arriving in Dublin Port on Sundays. This provides clients with a heightened level of flexibility and efficiency.
Dublin Port will now be called three times a week, as it is also a port of call in the existing Spanish and Portuguese services, which overall enhances WEC Lines connection to the Irish Sea network.
As Roger Megann, Managing Director of WEC Lines UK, highlighted, “WEC Lines has been active in the Irish market for over 30 years from Portugal. In 2024, we launched a dedicated Bilbao call connecting Dublin, facilitating onward linkages to and from inland Spain and the Canaries.
Megann adds, “2025 will see the launch of this new service connecting Dublin to Zeebrugge and will also extend our reach to the surrounding European hinterland, further demonstrating WEC Lines’ commitment to Ireland as we grow the wider network that will see our range eventually extend to the Baltics and beyond whilst continuing to develop our markets of Portugal, Spain, Morocco, and East Africa.
