Short Sea shipping specialists MacAndrews and OPDR join their forces at London Container Terminal in Tilbury. As from Jan 1st, 2016, MacAndrews’ services will join OPDR’s existing service in Tilbury, making it the biggest North European hub for the group with nine calls per week and over 450 calls p.a.
As of Jan 1st, 2016 MacAndrews will join OPDR in Tilbury making it one of the biggest hubs of the group with the best connections to/from the UK, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Poland, Morocco and Canary Islands vv. With nine weekly calls, MacAndrews and OPDR will provide their clients reliable services and short transit times between the different markets. At the same time, the Group would also like to thank Thamesport for the excellent work over the past years.
About OPDR:
The Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (OPDR) has offered transport solutions within Europe as well as to and from Morocco for over 130 years. As a Logistics Company OPDR today offers tailor-made integrated supply chain solutions. A strong network in more than 25 European, North and West African countries ensures high standards of reliability and quality. The OPDR headquarters is based in Hamburg. The company employs over 250 staff. Since July 2015, the OPDR Group is part of the CMA CGM Group and teams up with the UK-based MacAndrews & Company Ltd.
About MacAndrews:
MacAndrews and Company Ltd today is a multimodal supply chain logistics specialist. MacAndrews is committed to a Supply Chain Approach where we strive to streamline cost-effective transport solutions with fast transits, saving our clients’ money with procurement, warehousing and distribution. Our strategy is to link our operations as closely as possible, exploit synergies between them and thus achieve added value in the services we provide. Our bespoke services help our customers and partners meet their logistics and environmental goals. MacAndrews is part of the successful CMA CGM group, the world's 3rd largest container shipping company. Entrust us to create a sustainable transport for your intra-European business. MacAndrews has operated since 1770, offering reliable logistics for centuries, and has reacted quickly to modern EU initiatives allowing us to better support the sustainability endeavours of our customers in the 21st Century and beyond.