Boluda and OPDR Form Canary Islands Alliance

Spanish Boluda Lines and German OPDR, short sea shipping specialists and part of the CMA CGM Group, have agreed on a strategic alliance on the Canarian islands Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma.

According to the two companies, this new partnership offers the fastest transit times in the market ex Tilbury, Rotterdam and Hamburg.

Two sailings per week link the three major ports of Tilbury, Rotterdam and Hamburg with Lanzarote in eight, nine and ten days, respectively.

The same transit times apply for La Palma which is called once per week.

The weekly connection with Fuerteventura matches up to these transit times: Tilbury, Rotterdam and Hamburg are linked with the second largest Canarian island in nine, ten and eleven days, respectively.