GERMANY's Hamburg Sud, citing "unfavourable trading conditions", has
announced it will cut a loop from its north Europe to eastern Med
service in August with Northern Route Service (NEMN) to Turkey
disappearing while the revised Southern Route Levante Service (NESM)
will call at "key" ports on the abandoned route.
The surviving NESM will be reconfigures, deploying 2,500-2,700 TEU ships on the following rotation: Felixstowe, Antwerp, Hamburg, Tangiers, Alexandria, Limassol, Beirut, Latakia, Mersin, Izmir, Alexandria, Salerno and back to Felixstowe. In cooperation with SeaGo Line, two further weekly strings (Turkey and Israel Sling) are also available.
Combined with the revised NESM Service, this will provide the same level of service quality, said Hamburg Sud. SeaGo Line's Turkey Sling calls at Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Piraeus, Istanbul Ambarli, Izmit Korfezi, Gemlik, Izmir, Valencia and back to Felixstowe while its Israel Sling calls at Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Haifa, Ashdod and back to Felixstowe.
The surviving NESM will be reconfigures, deploying 2,500-2,700 TEU ships on the following rotation: Felixstowe, Antwerp, Hamburg, Tangiers, Alexandria, Limassol, Beirut, Latakia, Mersin, Izmir, Alexandria, Salerno and back to Felixstowe. In cooperation with SeaGo Line, two further weekly strings (Turkey and Israel Sling) are also available.
Combined with the revised NESM Service, this will provide the same level of service quality, said Hamburg Sud. SeaGo Line's Turkey Sling calls at Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Piraeus, Istanbul Ambarli, Izmit Korfezi, Gemlik, Izmir, Valencia and back to Felixstowe while its Israel Sling calls at Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Haifa, Ashdod and back to Felixstowe.