Agriland got an exclusive look inside the MV Alondra livestock-carrier, where 1,600 purebred Friesian heifers are currently on board en route to Algeria.

The Danish-registered livestock carrier vessel, which is co-owned by Irish company Limetree Global Shipping, and Danish man Bjorn Claussen, set sail from Waterford port on Saturday evening (November 15).

The heifers currently on-board the vessel have been sourced by cows.ie, giving Algerian farmers a chance to buy into purebred Irish genetics.