International shipping company WEC Lines held its commercial summit on short-sea shipping this October in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The event brought together the company’s European network managers and delegates to review recent operations and define priorities for the coming months, coinciding with the presence in the port of Gran Canaria of one of its fleet’s container ships, the Trouper.
The commercial meeting in the Canary Islands capital took place alongside the rollout of the company’s restructured short-sea shipping service, known as ISS-PT. The weekly route connects southern Spain and North Africa with northwestern Europe through a logistics transshipment hub in Setúbal, Portugal, providing a sustainable alternative to road freight. This article was produced independently by the editorial team and does not constitute paid advertising or result from commercial agreements or sponsorship.
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The revamped route links the Spanish ports of Valencia, Alicante, Cartagena, Almería, Málaga, Huelva, Cádiz and Gibraltar, as well as the Nador terminal in Morocco, with the Portuguese ports of Setúbal and Sines. From the port of Setúbal, cargo is connected directly with WEC Lines’ network destinations in northern Europe, including Thamesport, Liverpool, Dublin, Montoir, Antwerp, Moerdijk, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
ISS-PT operations are supported by two dedicated vessels, each with a capacity of 868 TEUs, and a 14-day rotation. To meet demand for perishable and frozen cargo, the shipping company has equipped the service with 40- and 45-foot refrigerated containers, as well as 45-foot High Cube Pallet Wide units adapted for transporting general cargo and agricultural products.
WEC Lines has introduced a new cross-docking solution at the C. Steinweg (Süd-West) terminal in the port of Hamburg. The operation strengthens the direct connectivity of the NWC CAI service between Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula and the Canary Islands, optimizing the flow of imported and exported goods to the archipelago.
The new logistics center in Hamburg enables direct transfers between containers and road transport without the need for ramps, streamlining the handling of both palletized and non-palletized cargo through side-loading and unloading operations. The system shortens delivery times, cuts transport costs and reduces CO₂ emissions across the island and European supply chain.
WEC Lines holds high-level meeting in the Canary Islands to set strategy for its new European maritime network was first published on canarymaritime.com.
