News / Ellerman relaunches as trend for box ship chartering by forwarders matures

The Cape Hellas at Tilbury Source: Geoff Watson https://tinyurl.com/ms6bzjah

The completion of a second China-UK sailing by Ellerman City Liners suggests the trend for logistics operators to charter containerships has moved into a more mature phase.

This week saw the arrival of the 2,756 teu Cape Hellas at the port of Tilbury, from the Chinese ports of Taicang and Ningbo, the second Ellerman vessel to call  this month, implying that ad hoc box vessel charters are evolving into something that more resembles scheduled liner services.

Ellerman, a long-standing shipping name was ...