The companies said that from mid-October, they will operate a feeder servicefrom Bilbao to Felixstowe and Rotterdam.

The fixed-day route offers fast transit times, theowners said.

Hamburg-based Team is part of the Delphis Group, whichowns vessels of below 4,000 teu. OPDR is owned by Bernhard Schulte.

Alexander Saverys, managingdirector of Team Lines, said: “Through this co-operation with OPDR, westrengthen our position on the Iberian trades to NorthernEurope and add more transhipment possibilities for door-to-door DelphisLogistics cargo moving to and from the Baltic Sea.”