Liverpool Produce Terminal this week announced a feeder service linking it to Rotterdam, Europe’s major fresh produce hub.

Andy Rickard, operations director at the terminal, said: “Not only does this service allow for the trans-shipment of reefer containers from deep sea such as South Africa and South America, it also offers our customers the opportunity to deliver pallets from Europe into Rotterdam and then be shipped into Liverpool.”

Rickard added: “We already have one customer trucking produce from eastern Europe who wants to offload lorries at Rotterdam for the Liverpool service.”

The service is run by X-Press Container Line and comes into operation next week.