London, UK: P&O Ferries and Finnlines have added sailings on the Zeebrugge-Teesport route.
P&O Ferries will charter Finnlines’ MS Finnpulp for three days a week under a new services agreement.
This move will increase the overall number of P&O Ferries sailings to six and give customers more options on the key trading route between Britain and the Continent.
Peter Hebblethwaite, chief executive, P&O Ferries, said: “This expansion of our services in response to what our customers are telling us they want demonstrates our commitment to providing vitally important trade routes for UK exporters and trading partners.”
From 28 February the new sailings will operate from Tuesdays to Thursdays, boosting capacity during the midweek peak. MS Finnpulp has a capacity for 3,259 lane metres of cargo, equivalent to around 225 trailers.
On its return to Zeebrugge, the vessel will be discharged and loaded for Finnlines’ service between Zeebrugge and Rosslare, Ireland. P&O Ferries will also provide stevedoring and ship handling services for Finnlines’ Zeebrugge to Rosslare route as part of the freight services partnership.
P&O Ferries also operates routes between Zeebrugge and Tilbury and Zeebrugge and Hull.
