Borchard Lines Ltd

April 2008
Please note that as of 31st March 2008, our new address is 10 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4XY.
Telephone, Fax and Email remains the same.

September 2007
Borchard Lines Ltd continues its upgrade of its Mediterranean services now offering six cellular container ships all with speeds of up to 18 knots further improving reliablity and capacity across the three services.
Starting from the beginning of September the West Mediterranean service wil also offer a direct service to Limassol from Barcelona, Marseilles, Genoa and Salerno with transit times from 3 days.
In response to market demands, changes are also being made to vessels trading on the North European and Gracechurch services, which will result in increased capacity whilst maintaining the frequency and reliability for which the services are known. The first stage of this process began on 06/09/07 with the delivery on to the North European service of the newbuild, m/v Joanna Borchard (ex Max Linus Dede) built at the Sietas Yard, Germany.

December 2006
The newbuild, m/v Lucy Borchard the last of four sister vessels being delivered from the Hegemann yard, is Christened at a naming ceremony in Berne Germany.
Starting from 10/12/06 the Bosphorus service will again be providing a direct service between Barcelona and the ports of Piraeus, Istanbul and Izmir with a 5 day transit time from Izmir to Barcelona.
As from 04/12/06 The Adriatic service is upgraded and now served by a pair of 18 knot, 400TEU @ 14T vessels providing increased capacity and service dependability.

October 2006
The newbuild, m/v Gracechurch Sun is delivered from the Cassens yard, Germany continuing the program of expansion for the Borchard Lines Mediterranean services

August 2006
The newbuild, m/v Ruth Borchard is delivered at Rotterdam from the Hegemann yard, Berne Germany, further increasing the capacity that the Borchard Lines can offer to their customers.

June 2006
From 21/06/06 the Gracechurch service will be calling Castellon on the east coast of Spain, near to Valencia, opening a new route from Spain to the East Mediterranean with transit times of 4 days to Piraeus and 7 days to Israel.
The newbuild, m/v Rachel Borchard is delivered at Rotterdam from the Hegemann yard, Berne Germany providing a pair of versatile sister vessels to the North Europe service.

April 2006
The newbuild, m/v Katherine Borchard is delivered at Rotterdam from the Hegemann yard, Berne Germany.

February 2006
m/v Susan Borchard, built in 2004 joins the Borchard Lines services as part of the commitment to employ larger, faster and more modern vessels.