The Dutch company and the US port jointly announced that the Cleveland-Europe Express (CEE) will add a second vessel to double monthly sailings starting next Great Lakes shipping season.

CEE is the only all-water service for containerised and breakbulk freight between a Great Lakes port and Europe.

Spliethoff currently operates its 12,200-dwt multipurpose ship Fortunagracht (built 2012) on the service. The second ship has not been identified but will be of similar characteristics, a port spokesman said.

“We