Luxembourg-headquartered shipowner CLdN launches a new weekly service between Zeebrugge and Ireland. The new service is set to commence on May 10.
The company has chartered an 800 TEU lift-on / lift-off (LoLo) cargo vessel, the JSP Rover, that will ship container cargo between its Albert II terminal in Zeebrugge and Cork in Dublin.
This new LoLo service at the Port of Cork is expected to enhance CLdN’s capacity to serve the Irish market and allow for further optimization of its roll-on / roll-off (RoRo) fleet deployment.
The new service builds on the 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.
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.
The company today ships in excess of 500,000 cargo units a year to / from the Republic of Ireland.
