The buyer of a Songa Box vessel has emerged as Great Lakes-based upstart Doornekamp, which is moving into transpacific trades

Canada’s new liner shipowner Doornekamp Lines has expanded quietly and rapidly from east to west coast with a fleet that has grown to three feeder container ships since last year.

Doornekamp announced its start-up in March 2021 with a single ship and a plan to connect mainline container drop-offs at Halifax in Nova Scotia with Great Lakes ports as far inland as Picton on Lake Ontario, in the group’s home territory.

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