P&O Ferries has doubled its capacity to load and unload cargo at its Zeebrugge hub with a a second specialist lift-on, lift-off crane.
The arrival of a second crane will help boost productivity and enable the ferry company to increase the number of departures to six weekly sailings on its busy Hull to Zeebrugge LoLo route.
“We are determined to make P&O Ferries the best ferry company in Europe,” said Thorsten Runge, managing director of P&O Ferries Freight Services.
Increased capacity
Mr Runge said that the investments P&O is making in new equipment, new sites and new capabilities, all have one purpose – to solve supply chain challenges.
The expansion in P&O Ferries’ operations at the port is set to streamline the transportation of freight, boosting productivity and enhancing capacity to service vitally important trade routes for UK exporters and trading partners.
The arrival of a second crane will also enable P&O Ferries to upgrade departure frequency on its in-demand Hull to Zeebrugge Lo-Lo route, with an increase to six weekly sailings on a fixed schedule. Mr Runge said that customers will benefit from the resulting growth in capacity and timetable certainty.
P&O Ferries carries around 15% of the goods coming in and out of the UK, including medicines, chemicals and fresh food.
As well as operating a LoLo service from Zeebrugge to Hull, it also operates routes from Zeebrugge to Tilbury and Zeebrugge to Teesport.
