Maersk Line has announced that it has entered into a slot swap agreement with Hapag Lloyd between the German group's Mediterranean Gulf Express (MGX) service and its own WestMed service.
The group noted that the new improved coverage offers new direct service from Barcelona, and Valencia to the US east coast and Gulf, a new service to from the US Gulf to Italy and Spain, and the addition of both new US and Mediterranean ports.
According to Maersk, the new rotation for the WestMed service is ?Marsaxlokk, Gioia Tauro, Livorno, Genoa, Fos sur Mer, Valencia, Algeciras, Newark, Norfolk, Savannah and Marsaxlokk.
The new services will commence on 1 March 2011, subject to final Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) approval.
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