The »OOCL Tianjin« has called at the DCT container terminal, inaugurating another regular container link between Gdansk and Asia. The Polish terminal now plans to increase feeder connections in the region.
The first call of the container shipping alliance at the port was announce[ds_preview]d several months ago. Ocean Alliance had decided to establish permanent cooperation with the Polish deepwater terminal. Members of the alliance include container shipowners OOCL, Cosco Shipping, CMA CGM, and Evergreen.
The alliance‘s vessels will call at the terminal once a week, connecting ports such as Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Gdansk, and Wilhelmshaven, DCT said in a statement.
Moore feeder connections in the Baltic basin
Along with the new ocean link, Gdansk will also expand the network of feeder connections, which will distribute containers further to individual destinations within the Baltic basin.
Gdansk is one of just a few Northern European ports at which the alliance‘s ships will call. Apart from Gdansk, these include port centres such as Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Felixstowe, Dunkirk, Southampton, Zeebrugge, and Wilhelmshaven.
»Ocean Alliance‘s decision to choose Gdansk is another confirmation of the fact that the port is enhancing its position as a distribution centre in the Baltic Sea,« DCT said.
Ocean Alliance is an alliance entered into by the shipping companies for the next 10 years. It offers a total of 40 new shipping services across the world. The alliance‘s fleet will consist of as many as 323 container ships, out of which 66 vessels will operate on the Asia – Northern Europe route.
