Hapag-Lloyd launches new service in eastern Mediterranean Sea
New Levante Express Service (LEX) to call ten ports on a weekly basis from mid-June
The liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is to launch a weekly Mediterranean service named Levante Express Service (LEX). The company aims at further enhancing its port coverage in Italy and the eastern Mediterranean Sea. First sailing will be June 18 from Cagliari.
The Levante Express Service will be operated with three vessels with a capacity of approximately 1,400 TEU each. The port rotation will be: Cagliari, Alexandria, Damietta, Port Said, Mersin, Izmir, Cagliari, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Salerno and Cagliari again. This means LEX links ten ports in Italy, Turkey and Egypt including the hub ports Cagliari, Damietta and Port Said, from where mainliner services are available to/from Asia, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, North, Central and South America, Africa, Northern Europe and Australia.
Quelle: LogEastics
Portal: www.logistik-express.com