BG Freight Line, a shipping company that is focused on short sea, will launch a new weekly service between Cork and Liverpool. The start is planned for 27 March.
It is intended that the new route will offer greater opportunities for customers in the Republic of Ireland to make co[ds_preview]nnections with the deep-sea services now calling at the Port of Liverpool, particularly from Canada, the east coast of the US and the Mediterranean.
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 BG Freight Line stated.
BG Freight Line orders four newbuildings
The route will initially be served by the vessels »Thea II« and »RMS Veritas«. However, from 2018, BG Freight will take delivery of four tailor-made short-sea feeder vessels optimised for the company’s Irish Sea Hub services. They will be built to DNV GL standards and will be fitted with state-of-the-art features in order to comply with Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements and BG Freight Line’s navigation and trading needs the shipping company informs.
The newbuildings will be fitted with a modern wet scrubber system for exhaust cleaning in order to fulfil the requirements for trading within the ECA area. The vessels are also fully fitted for the loading of 45ft short-sea containers in all positions, with room in total for 488 units.
Additionally, a various number of odd-sized containers can be stowed due to a new proprietary and innovative cargo stowage system. To minimise operational cost the vessel will be fitted with a modern two-stroke main engine with very low fuel consumption.
