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Ellerman City Liners

SCAC ELCS · London, UK · founded 2021 · Independent / non-aligned

Ellerman City Liners (legal entity Ellerman City Liners Ltd.) is a niche operator headquartered in London, UK. Founded in 2021, the line has spent 5 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 4 vessels under the SCAC code ELCS. Total operated capacity stands near 4,000 TEU, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes. The company holds intermodal equipment under 3 registered ISO 6346 owner prefixes, which appear on every box it owns or long-term leases.

Ellerman City Liners is most active on the following corridors: UK-Mediterranean, Intra-Europe. The line operates on a standalone basis and does not share vessel slots with other ocean carriers under a formal global alliance. Direct customer contact is available via +44 20 7702 3666 or the carrier's web portal at ellermancityliners.com.

Ellerman City Liners container prefixes

Every intermodal container carries an ISO 6346 owner code — three letters identifying the owner, plus a single category letter (almost always U for freight containers). These four-letter prefixes are the fastest way to identify which carrier controls a given box. Ellerman City Liners has the following registered prefixes recorded in the BIC database. If a container in your possession begins with any of these codes, the box is owned by or leased on long term to Ellerman City Liners.

To track a container under one of these prefixes, contact the carrier directly using the bill-of-lading number or container number. Most ocean carriers expose a public tracking endpoint on their website that accepts either format. Ellerman City Liners publishes its tracking page under the main ellermancityliners.com domain.

Ellerman City Liners corridor coverage

Ellerman City Liners concentrates its services on UK-Mediterranean, Intra-Europe. Customers on these lanes typically see weekly or twice-weekly sailings depending on season and trade balance. For a current sailing schedule, contact the carrier directly or consult its weekly schedule publication.

How to track a Ellerman City Liners container

Tracking a Ellerman City Liners container starts with confirming the prefix. Look at the container's left-hand corner casting plate or the painted code on the door — the four-letter ISO 6346 owner code (e.g. ECLU) is followed by six numeric digits and a single check digit. If the prefix matches one in the list above, the box is on a Ellerman City Liners bill of lading. Visit ellermancityliners.com, navigate to the carrier's tracking or "track and trace" portal, and paste the full container number. The portal will return current vessel position, the next scheduled port call, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and the most recent equipment events such as gate-in, loaded, discharged and gate-out.

If the carrier portal does not return a result, the most likely causes are: the container has not yet been gate-in at the origin terminal, the bill of lading number is in a different format (check whether the system expects an MBL versus an HBL), or the box is moving on a partner alliance vessel rather than a Ellerman City Liners hull. In the last case, the prefix still resolves to Ellerman City Liners as equipment owner but the schedule data lives with the operating carrier. Ellerman City Liners's customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +44 20 7702 3666 during European business hours.

Related ocean carriers

Operators most often compared with Ellerman City Liners on overlapping trade lanes: