BG Freight Line to Connect Cork and Liverpool

Rotterdam-based short sea shipping firm BG Freight Line, a part of Peel Ports Group, will launch a new weekly container service to directly connect Cork and Liverpool staring from March 27.

The weekly schedule of the new service will be Liverpool (Saturday), Cork (Monday), Liverpool (Wednesday). At the end of the each week, the vessel will continue to offer services between Belfast, Greenock and Liverpool, according to the company.

The route will initially be served by MV Thea II and MV RMS Veritas, however, from 2018 BG Freight will take delivery of four short-sea feeder vessels designed for the company’s Irish Sea Hub services.

“This new service will create even more momentum in Liverpool and was the last missing link in the connectivity between Ireland and Liverpool,” Koert Luitwieler, Shipping Director at BG Freight Line, said.

“Not only have a large number of cargo owners shown their interest in this route but also a number of deep-sea lines who see this as an opportunity to reposition empties to Cork,” Luitwieler added.

The new service will also provide a quay-to-quay route for tank operators, and door-to-door opportunities into the North of England, Midlands and Scotland – regions previously only accessible via Dublin.