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New liner service encircles the globe
| 04.10.02 "With the new service structure we shall be achieving shorter transit times and greater frequency of sailings. In addition it will offer larger capacity for reefer containers. Especially in the Australasia trade, that will represented a very signifcant improvement for our customers," stated Günther Casjens, executive CEO of Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, in announcing the advantages of these two new liner services that are to encircle the globe in opposite direction from November 2002. The "Round-the World-Services" are replacing existing services along separate routes. One liner service will sail from Europe via the Suez Canal to Australia/ New Zealand, returning via the Panama Canal and the East Coast of the USA to Northern Europe. Calls will be made at Tilbury, Hamburg, Rotterdam, La Spezia, Damietta, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Napier, Port Chalmers, a Caribbean port, Savannah, Philadelphia, New York, Zeebrugge and Tilbury again. Each with a capacity of 4,100 TEU, ten newbuildings will be deployed on this service. The second service will serve the East Coast of the USA from Europe, proceeding through the Panama Canal and calling at islands in the South Pacific en route to Australia/New Zealand, continung to SE Asia before returning via the Suez Canal to Europe. The twelve vessels deployed on this will offer container capacity of 2,200 TEU and call at Tilbury, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, a Caribbean port, Papeete, Auckland, Noumea, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore/Port Kelang, Jeddah, Damietta, Malta, La Spezia and Tilbury again. Along with the Hapag-Lloyd, the consortium comprises shipowners CMA-CGM, Contship Containerlines, Hamburg-Süd, Marfret and P&ONedlloyd. The services are still subject to regulatory approval. |
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