Eucon Becomes First Company to Offer New Logistics Associate Apprenticeships Programme

9th August 2018

#Jobs&Careers - Eucon, part of the Container & Terminal division of Irish Continental Group (ICG) have become the first company registered for a new Logistics Associate Apprenticeship programme.

The apprenticeship programme is to be delivered in association with Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) School of Management. They expect to have first apprentices recruited and ready to begin their new careers for September 2018.

For more information visit their Careers page here for a downloadable page.

Eucon operate lift on/lift off (Lo-Lo) container services between Ireland and mainland Europe, connecting Dublin, Cork and Belfast with Antwerp, Belgium and Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The operator provides services on this network comprising seven containerships, among them the Cypriot flagged Elbetrader (pictured above) which has a 974 TEU capacity.

At time of writing, Elbetrader is underway in the Celtic Sea, en route from Rotterdam and bound for Dublin Port. The vessel is due to arrive early this evening by docking at berth 50(S) which is located at Dublin Ferryport Terminal (DFT) also a division of ICG.

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