DANISH shipping giant Maersk will launch a weekly service in late September to meet banana export demand from Ecuador for Spain, Turkey and the Black Sea market, as an alternative to conventional reefers, Shippingazette reported.
The ECUMED loop will deploy eight 2,500-TEU vessels with the following port rotation: Guayaquil, Balboa, Manzanillo, Algeciras, Izmit Korfezi, Ambarlie, Novorossiysk, Odessa, Ambarli, Izmit Korfezi, Algeciras, Balboa and Guayaquil.
"Investment in the new ECUMED services has been motivated by customers demand for reliable, fast and high-quality transportation of fruits, especially bananas," said Anders Koksbang, the company's vice president on the first and fastest service from Ecuador to the Black Sea.
The 2,556-TEU Nedlloyd Juliana has already departed on its first westbound call from Algeciras. The 2,556-TEU Maersk Nottingham with 600 reefer plugs will set sail on the eastbound leg from Guayaquil, Ecuador, on October 4.
The ECUMED loop will deploy eight 2,500-TEU vessels with the following port rotation: Guayaquil, Balboa, Manzanillo, Algeciras, Izmit Korfezi, Ambarlie, Novorossiysk, Odessa, Ambarli, Izmit Korfezi, Algeciras, Balboa and Guayaquil.
"Investment in the new ECUMED services has been motivated by customers demand for reliable, fast and high-quality transportation of fruits, especially bananas," said Anders Koksbang, the company's vice president on the first and fastest service from Ecuador to the Black Sea.
The 2,556-TEU Nedlloyd Juliana has already departed on its first westbound call from Algeciras. The 2,556-TEU Maersk Nottingham with 600 reefer plugs will set sail on the eastbound leg from Guayaquil, Ecuador, on October 4.