Hapag-Lloyd offers its new South America East Coast Service (SEC), said in the company's press release.
This new service will provide weekly direct connections between ports in Brazil and Argentina and ports on the East Coast of the United States. The port rotation will be:
New York • Philadelphia • Portsmouth • Charleston • Jacksonville • Port Everglades • Suape • Santos • Buenos Aires • Rio Grande • Itapoa • Santos • Rio de Janeiro • Salvador • Pecem • New York
The first sailings will be as follows:
Southbound: MV Cap Jervis 69S, ETD New York October 17, 2013
Northbound: MV Cap Jervis 69N, ETD Buenos Aires November 10, 2013
Also Hapag-Lloyd discontinues the Brazil Express Loop 1 (BX1). The last sailings will be as follows:
Southbound: MSC Michaela 340A, ETD Portsmouth October 5, 2013
Northbound: MSC Michaela 344R, ETD Buenos Aires November 1, 2013