Direct link between Spain and US
The Port of Bilbao in Spain is to have a direct link to the east coast of the United States.
Beginning in mid-February, Britain-based Ellerman City Liners will offer a weekly direct service for the multimodal transport of containers.
Ellerman’s vessels will dock at the CSP Iberian Bilbao terminal and the rotation will be Bilbao, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Tilbury, New York, Wilmington and Jacksonville.
With this direct connection, transit times will be reduced to 15 days for imports and 18 days for exports between the Bilbao and New York markets.
The service is covered by the vessels SC Mara and Mona Lisa, each with a capacity in excess of 3,500 teu.
The container ships Cape Hellas, Windswept and Buxfavourite are expected to bolster the service in the near future.
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