Destination: Cleveland (Ohio), USA
From: Antwerp, Belgium
First Atlantic crossing in 2022 for the Cleveland Europe Express (CEE) service.

https://www.portofcleveland.com/cleveland-europe-express/
The Cleveland-Europe Express provides a competitive transit time advantage for cargo owners that typically move goods through coastal ports.
The only container service on the Great Lakes that handles import and export cargo.
The only direct, scheduled vessel service between the Great Lakes & Europe 7-10 day door-to-door transit savings vs. coastal port routings. This route connects Europe to the entire Great Lakes Region, linking key European ports like Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg and various ports in the United Kingdom to the Port of Cleveland.


https://www.spliethoff.com/news/cleveland-europe-express-expanded/
August 23 2021
Spliethoff is increasing the frequency of its Cleveland Europe Express (CEE) service by adding container vessel Peyton Lynn C to the service, in response to the high demand for tonnage between Europe and the Great Lakes. This vessel, owned by Doornekamp Shipping Services, will be taken on long term charter by Spliethoff, sailing in a regular schedule between the ports of Antwerp (Belgium), Picton ON (Canada) and Cleveland OH (USA).

The CEE service has been offering twice-monthly quick-transit all-water sailings between Europe and various Great Lakes ports for many years, catering to a broad range of consumers and industries.

Until now, the service has run mainly with Spliethoff-owned versatile multi-purpose tweendecker vessels, able to carry a variety of cargo types. By adding container vessel Peyton Lynn C, the CEE is expanding its capacity to transport exclusively containers to/from Picton, Cleveland, and Antwerp.

M.v. Peyton Lynn C loaded in Antwerp today for her maiden voyage in the CEE service. Once loading is complete, the vessel will head to Doornekamp’s terminal in Picton to discharge cargo, continuing to Cleveland for discharge and loading before subsequently heading back to Antwerp. Transit time is just 12 days to Picton and 15 days to Cleveland.
We are very pleased with this cooperation with Doornekamp Shipping and are looking for further expansion of our services in time. This extra ‘pure container vessel’ is just another step in building the Great Lakes trade!

https://splash247.com/great-lakes-welcomes-regular-dedicated-liner-service/
September 13, 2021
The Great Lakes now has a regular container shipping service linking the North American heartland to Europe.

Spliethoff has partnered with the Port of Cleveland to provide regular monthly container services on the St Lawrence Seaway between the ports of Antwerp, Belgium; Picton in Ontario, Canada; and Cleveland. The Cleveland-Europe Express is using the Peyton Lynn C, an 869 teu that is 140.67 m long and 23.28 m wide.

The ship has been taken on charter by Spliethoff from Doornekamp Shipping Services, a family owned business based in Odessa, Ontario, about 12 miles from Kingston. It also owns and operates Picton Terminals, located in Prince Edward County in northeast Lake Ontario and has been leading the charge to get greater liner connectivity into the Great Lakes of late. The ship is on Lake Erie this morning on its first rotation from Europe to North America.

Prior to chartering the Peyton Lynn C, Spliethoff had been using multipurpose tweendecker vessels to link the Great Lakes with Europe over the past seven years.

“This extra pure container vessel is just another step in building the Great Lakes trade,” Spliethoff stated in a release.

The Port of Cleveland has established a foreign trade zone (FTZ) to overcome one of the major hurdles that the new service will face, namely the annual two-month closure of the St Lawrence Seaway for lock maintenance.

Cleveland’s FTZ allows import duties to be deferred indefinitely as long as these goods remain in place.