OPDR start new Bilbao

[chrisg46]

Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (OPDR) and Feeder and Container Operator Team Lines are setting up a new domestic and feeder service between the ports of Bilbao, Felixstowe and Rotterdam. They say that the new 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.

There's a news video on the video page, and on Shipping TV, of course.

[Alan Green]

Interesting that the relocation of OPDR services from Felixstowe to Tilbury happens so soon after the cooperation with Team Lines is announced.

[peter fox]

HI
  ODPR LINE are leaving Felixstowe and will soon start Tilbury which dosent make much sense as its about another 3 hours to tilbury from the sunk.

[chrisg46]

I'd be be surprised if they use the Sunk, because with OPDR's relatively small ships (700TEU, drawing about 6 metres) they will probably use the Princes Channel into the Thames, dredged to 8 metres below chart datum.

This will probably even out the distances in steamed mileage.

[Alan Green]

First call on Wednesday 4th December 2013 by OPDR Cadiz followed by OPDR Tanger on Friday 6th December 2013, and OPDR Tenerife on Tuesday 10th December 2013.