Named the New Horizon Express,’’ the new service will commence in April. It will replace NYK’s current New Good Hope Express Service,’’ which has been operating together with Maersk Line and Hamburg Sud.
NYK and HMM aim to provide a better level of service quality, through even better integrity of schedules and fast transit times to main markets in Asia, South Africa and East Coast of South America,’’ HMM said in a press release.
HMM said that the New Horizon Express will be a weekly fixed day service operating a total of 10 vessels, eight from NYK and two from HMM, with a weekly capacity of about 2,500 TEUs, covering such port cities as Shanghai, Santos and Buenos Aires.