Ellerman City Liners announced the launch of its new short-sea container service, BALTEX, which directly connects the Baltic countries with the UK, Benelux, and Norway. This is the operator’s first route of this format in the region. The service operates on a fixed weekly schedule, calling at Riga (Latvia), Gdynia (Poland), Tispoor and Tilbury (UK), Rotterdam (Netherlands), and Oslo (Norway).
The line’s capacity is 1,160 TEU per leg. Through the port of Tilbury, one of the UK’s key short-sea and ocean hubs, shippers have access to fast transhipment connections to Spain and Portugal. The launch of BALTEX expands Ellerman City Liners’ presence in the Baltic region and strengthens the company’s position on the Rotterdam-Oslo corridor.
The new service is the latest addition to Ellerman City Liners’ Northern European shortsea portfolio, which already includes the iNEX 1, iNEX 2, iPEX 1 and 2, iPEX 3, and iBEX 1 routes. The launch of BALTEX comes amid growing demand for reliable container shipping in the Baltic Sea and offers a more environmentally friendly alternative to road transport, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 50 percent.