OPDR and X-Press Feeder extend service at Tilbury’s London Container Terminal

Short-sea shipping and logistics specialist Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (OPDR) and X-Press Feeder are to expand their Bilbao route into Tilbury. With immediate effect, three instead of previously two vessels will be deployed on this busy service and will further increase the schedule reliability. Two vessels will be operated by X-Press Feeders and one by OPDR, the company said in its press release.
 
The service will run on two loops resulting in one departure per week. The full service rotation will now be Tilbury (LCT) – Rotterdam – Gijon – Bilbao – Le Havre – Rotterdam – Bilbao – Tilbury (LCT).
 
London Container Terminal (LCT) currently handles other OPDR services on their routes between the Iberian Peninsula (including the Canary Islands), North Africa and the UK, plus the recently launched service connection from Agadir to the UK and North Continent.
 
Tilbury handles in excess of half a million containers per year, and is the only UK port truly servicing both deep sea and short sea customers.