News / Lidl's ship-shopping pays off as it completes maiden China-Europe voyage

Lidl's Tailwind Shipping ship, Wiking. Photo: VesselFinder

Lidl supermarket-sponsored, Tailwind Shipping-operated 4,957 teu Wiking last week completed its maiden westbound voyage.

The box ship, on the newly launched China-Europe Panda service, discharging its first containers, Tailwind-liveried, at ECT, Rotterdam.

According to Alphaliner, the chartered vessel then made an ad-hoc call at Antwerp to take a full load of empty Hapag-Lloyd containers for return to China.

The consultant said the standalone Panda service would deploy four 2,750-5,500 teu ships, offering sailings every 16 days between Taicang, Ningbo and Dachan Bay in China, ...