Tilbury wins OPDR from Felixstowe

Shortsea door-to-door operator Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei is switching from Felixstowe to Tilbury

The "merry-go-round" in the British ports sector continues. Hutchison's Thamesport no longer has any deepsea calls, but won MacAndrews from Forth Ports' London Container Terminal (LCT) in Tilbury, which also lost SAECS to DP World's London Gateway.

Now LCT has announced that OPDR will be switching its British port of call business - 200 calls/year - from Felixstowe. OPDR will call at LCT from week 49 starting with their two calls with direct connections from/to Canary Islands, southern Spain, Portugal and northern Spain, followed closely by a second service for the Canaries, Morocco, southern Spain and Portugal and vice versa, resulting in four calls per week to the London port. The recently launched Bilbao service, which sees four vessels, each with a capacity of 700 TEU, on a weekly service connecting Bilbao with Tilbury within two transit days, will be the first call at Tilbury.

Chief Executive Officer of OPDR, Till Ole Barrelet, said: “We are delighted to work with London Container Terminal, a dedicated short sea terminal that understands our business concept. It is essential for OPDR to be close to the clients and have a reliable terminal with an excellent hinterland infrastructure with fast and reliable road and train connections into the main catchment areas. We consider London Container Terminal a strong partner that will support us in further enhancing our logistic services to and from the UK.” 

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