NCL launches new service
North Sea Container Line (NCL) will launch its new direct container service from Norway to UK on 23 September 2020. In a weekly rotation, the "MV Rumba" will make its first call at the London container terminal in Tilbury.
With both southbound and northbound sailings, the service will link around 15 ports on the west coast of Norway directly with UK, from Egersund in the south to Tromsø in the north.
Originally, the service was developed as an alternative for reefer cargo, for the transport of fish from the west coast of Norway, for instance.
Bente Hetland, managing director of NCL, said this service was expected to achieve cost savings in the region of 25 to 30% compared to truck carriage between the Norwegian west coast and UK. John Good Logistics is NCL's agent in UK. (mw)