ECS FINALIZES SCHEDULE FOR HONG KONG/EUROPE SERVICE
Express Container Service AG, a new entrant in the Asia/Europe liner trade, has finalized the schedule for the weekly service it will launch next month.
Five 25-knot vessels employed in the service will depart from Hong Kong every Monday and sail non-stop to Trieste, Italy, in 14 days.
Eastbound, the service will call at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on its way from Europe to Hong Kong.
The first sailing of the new shipping line will be the 1,400-TEU “Savannah,” scheduled to sail from Hong Kong on July 24.
Full details on the pro forma schedule, service profile, management office and ships of ECS are posted on ComPairData, the global shipping database, at www.compairdata.com.