Hapag-Lloyd and OOCL to cooperate with MSC on North Atlantic service

SLCS (St. Lawrence Co-ordinated Services) members, OOCL and Hapag-Lloyd, announced they will rationalize their jointly-operated SLCS1 North Atlantic service/ GEX1 with the Canadian Gateway service of Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), known as the Montreal Express 1.

The first sailing of the new service, which has the objective of providing better overall port coverage for our customers, will be the OOCL Belgium ETD Antwerp on July 30, 2009.
The partners will deploy 4 vessels: OOCL Belgium (2,800 TEUs), Hapag-Lloyd’s Mississauga Express (2,800 TEUs), MSC Suez and MSC Jordan (both 3,000 TEUS).
Port rotation will be Montreal, Liverpool, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Liverpool and Montreal.

The Grand Alliance, formed in 1998, is the leading integrated consortium in global container shipping. Its members are Hapag-Lloyd (Germany), MISC Berhad (Malaysia), NYK (Japan) and OOCL (Hong Kong). MISC Berhad does not operate on this trade and therefore has not participated in this particular agreement.

SLCS (St. Lawrence Co-ordinated Services) members, OOCL and Hapag-Lloyd, announced they will rationalize their jointly-operated SLCS1 North Atlantic service/ GEX1 with the Canadian Gateway service of Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), known as the Montreal Express 1. The first sailing of the new service, which has the objective of providing better overall port coverage for our customers, will be the OOCL Belgium ETD Antwerp on July 30, 2009. The partners will deploy 4 vessels: OOCL Belgium (2,800 TEUs), Hapag-Lloyd’s Mississauga Express (2,800 TEUs), MSC Suez and MSC Jordan (both 3,000 TEUS). Port rotation will be Montreal, Liverpool, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Liverpool and Montreal. The Grand Alliance, formed in 1998, is the leading integrated consortium in global container shipping. Its members are Hapag-Lloyd (Germany), MISC Berhad (Malaysia), NYK (Japan) and OOCL (Hong Kong). MISC Berhad does not operate on this trade and therefore has not participated in this particular agreement.

Source: Transportweekly