News / Lidl box carrier Tailwind adds another vessel to its expanding fleet

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German supermarket chain Lidl’s in-house container carrier, Tailwind Shipping, this week welcomed its latest newbuild, the 1,400 teu Panda 004, to its rapidly expanding fleet.

The vessel was named in the Dutch port of Moerdijk on Monday and has been deployed on the carrier’s Dolphin Express (DEX) service, a shuttle string between Barcelona and Moerdijk, joining sister vessel Panda 003.

Barcelona acts as Tailwind’s chief European hub – the end port of its Asia-Europe PAX service, and where containers are transhipped onto ...