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DUNKERQUE-PORT STEPS UP ITS SHORT SEA SHIPPING NETWORK WITH THE LAUNCH OF A DUNKERQUE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LINK
27th october 2020

CONTAINERSHIPS, a short-sea shipping company present in the port of Dunkerque since 2013, has decided to expand its shipping services, as of Thursday, 19 November 2020, with the launch of a service from and to the Republic of Ireland.

A vessel, the M/S AILA with a capacity of 900 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) containers with 204 reefer plugs will provide the following round trip service: Thursday, Dunkerque, Monday Dublin and Tuesday Cork.

Setting-up this service will make it possible to meet the demand of Irish and European shippers wishing to have a direct link in order to develop logistics flows.

Stéphane Raison, Chair of the Dunkerque-Port Executive Board, welcomed this announcement: "After the successful launch in 2013 of the link to Portugal, Containerships is continuing its development in Dunkerque by offering a service ideally placed at the end of the week, which will offer a real alternative to European market players having regular exchanges with the Republic of Ireland".

Rob Waterman, CEO of Containerships commented: "The Port of Dunkerque is an obvious choice in that it provides a unique offer on the market, Containerships being the only operator to run a containerised service between Dunkerque and Ireland. The reliability and efficiency of the Port of Dunkerque mean we can provide a genuine Multimodal Door-to-Door solution, meeting the needs of Intra-European Transport."

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