May 3, 2025
Cldn Launches New Weekly LoLo Service Between Zeebrugge and Ireland.
- The new route connects Zeebrugge with Cork and Dublin via a LoLo container service.
- CLdN has chartered the 800 TEU LoLo vessel JSP ROVER for this service.
- Operations will take place from CLdN’s Albert II terminal in Zeebrugge.
- The service starts on Saturday 10th May.
- The LoLo addition allows better optimisation of CLdN’s RoRo fleet.
- Enhances customer options on the Zeebrugge–Ireland routes.
- Strategic expansion at the Port of Cork, reinforcing its importance for trade with the Republic of Ireland.
- The launch is in response to continued growth in freight demand between mainland Europe and Ireland.
- Builds on CLdN’s successful mix of LoLo and RoRo services already offered from Rotterdam since last year.
- Part of CLdN’s broader LoLo strategy, which includes new container vessels under construction, with delivery starting January 2027.
- Complementary to the four existing weekly RoRo sailings from Zeebrugge to Ireland (2 to Cork, 2 to Dublin).
- Brings the total to 14 weekly return sailings between Ireland and CLdN’s continental hubs (Zeebrugge and Rotterdam).
- CLdN now moves over 500,000 cargo units annually to and from the Republic of Ireland.
- Currently the largest ferry freight mover between Ireland and mainland Europe / Great Britain.
