New service to improve UK-Spain trade

Specialising in short sea shipping and logistics, Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (OPDR) will launch a new domestic and feeder container service later this month in collaboration with Team Lines.The new service will link the ports of Bilbao, Felixstowe and Rotterdam with its first sailing from Bilbao on 13 October. The service will provide a fixed day schedule with fast transit times between Northern Spain and the UK, as well as the rest of Northern Europe.

Alan Platt, managing director at John Good Shipping, said the partnership was a very positive step and will help establish even stronger trade links with the Spanish market.

He said: “It is encouraging to see such a positive development within the industry at this time and will provide further choice and fast transit times for customers from carriers who are well known in the industry for delivering high-class, reliable container services.”