The new London-Rotterdam service will complement P&O Ferries’ existing Zeebrugge to London route together with strengthening its rail-connected hub in Rotterdam.
“The opening of our new route between London and Rotterdam gives P&O Ferries a unique network in the North Sea. We now have five hubs: Hull, Teesport, Tilbury, Zeebrugge and Europoort, connecting the North East and South East of England with the Continent,” said P&O Ferries’ CEO Peter Hebblethwaite. “We will offer our freight customers the earliest arrival on the Thames from Rotterdam, along with swift access to the M25 and terminal rail connections.”
The route will be served by the existing P&O Ferries RoPax vessel Norbank, which until recently was serving on the Irish Sea, with a capacity of 125 freight units.
The Norbank will sail on a daily schedule as follows:
| Tilbury | Europoort | |||
| Day | Arrive | Depart | Arrive | Depart |
| Monday | 07.45 | 10.45 | 20.45 | 23.45 |
| Tuesday | 07.45 | 10.45 | 20.45 | 23.45 |
| Wednesday | 07.45 | 10.45 | 20.45 | 23.45 |
| Thursday | 07.45 | 10.45 | 20.45 | 23.45 |
| Friday | 07.45 | 10.45 | 20.45 | 23.45 |
| Saturday | 07.45 | 10.45 | 20.45 | |
| Sunday | 23.45 | |||
P&O Ferries operates services in the North Sea from three east coast UK ports – Hull, London and Teesport – and two ports in northern Europe at Zeebrugge and Rotterdam.
