News / Blow for Thamesport as OPDR and MacAndrews merge their UK operations at Tilbury

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CMA CGM subsidiaries MacAndrews and OPDR are to merge and consolidate their UK south-east shortsea operations at Tilbury’s London Container Terminal (LCT).

From January 1, the new MacAndrews-OPDR operation will offer nine calls a week, although it remains unclear how vessel operations and schedules will be dovetailed.

MacAndrews was acquired by CMA CGM from UK-based Andrew Weir Shipping in 2003, while OPDR was purchased from Hamburg-headquartered Bernhard Schulte Group in 2014 – the deal only being finalised in July after receiving EC ...