Costa Container Lines adds a fifth vessel to its Canada-CubaMexico service through the Port of Halifax
Costa Container Lines is adding a fifth vessel to its Canada-CubaMexico service through the Port of Halifax.
The Genoa-based shipping line has added the 1,600-TEU (20-foot-equivalent unit) vessel Cala Pantera, which will make its first call at Halifax on March 7.
Costa, which started calling at Halifax in June 2000 with the vessel MV Sigga Sif, will increase its frequency through the port to every nine days from 11. The line handles both import and export cargo.
Bruno Siemiesz of Toronto, senior vice-president with the line’s North America agent, Seabridge International Shipping Inc., said the addition of the fifth vessel will increase the service’s tonnage by about 20 per cent.
About 15 per cent of Costa’s business handled at the terminal operated by Halterm Container Terminal Ltd. is regional and the rest goes to Central Canada.
After departing from Halifax, the CCM vessels call at Vera Cruz, Altamira, Havana, Santo Tomas, Puerto Limon, Rio Haina, Barcelona, Leghorn, Vado Ligure, Valencia and Lisbon before returning to Halifax.
Costa Container Lines offers shippers and importers a full range of equipment types, including specialized equipment in both 20 foot and 40 foot containers.
The CCM service overall equipment fleet totals more than 80,000 TEUs, including 2,500 refrigerated containers.
Costa is part of the G. F. Group, a large import-export, shipping and terminal-operating company based in Italy. G. F. Group operates 27 vessels in several trade lanes and is expecting to take delivery of six new vessels over the next three years.
G. F. Group operates the Vado Container Terminal in Vado Ligure and controls the largest terminal for refrigerated containers in the Mediterranean, playing a leading role in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean in the import and export of fruit.
The Genoa-based shipping line has added the 1,600-TEU (20-foot-equivalent unit) vessel Cala Pantera, which will make its first call at Halifax on March 7.
Costa, which started calling at Halifax in June 2000 with the vessel MV Sigga Sif, will increase its frequency through the port to every nine days from 11. The line handles both import and export cargo.
Bruno Siemiesz of Toronto, senior vice-president with the line’s North America agent, Seabridge International Shipping Inc., said the addition of the fifth vessel will increase the service’s tonnage by about 20 per cent.
About 15 per cent of Costa’s business handled at the terminal operated by Halterm Container Terminal Ltd. is regional and the rest goes to Central Canada.
After departing from Halifax, the CCM vessels call at Vera Cruz, Altamira, Havana, Santo Tomas, Puerto Limon, Rio Haina, Barcelona, Leghorn, Vado Ligure, Valencia and Lisbon before returning to Halifax.
Costa Container Lines offers shippers and importers a full range of equipment types, including specialized equipment in both 20 foot and 40 foot containers.
The CCM service overall equipment fleet totals more than 80,000 TEUs, including 2,500 refrigerated containers.
Costa is part of the G. F. Group, a large import-export, shipping and terminal-operating company based in Italy. G. F. Group operates 27 vessels in several trade lanes and is expecting to take delivery of six new vessels over the next three years.
G. F. Group operates the Vado Container Terminal in Vado Ligure and controls the largest terminal for refrigerated containers in the Mediterranean, playing a leading role in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean in the import and export of fruit.