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Maersk Line and Hapag-Lloyd entered a slot swap agreement for services from the Mediterranean to the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast, effective March 1.
The carriers said the agreement, which involves Maersk's WestMed service and Hapag-Lloyd's Mediterranean Gulf Express service, will offer shippers improved coverage.
Maersk said the slot agreement will offer new direct services from Barcelona and Valencia, Spain, to the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast and new direct service from the Gulf to Italy and Spain.
The extended service will add new port calls at New Orleans, Houston and Port Everglades, Fla. in the U.S. and Valencia and Barcelona in Spain and Cagliari, Italy.
The new rotation for the WestMed service is: Marsaxlokk, Malta; Gioia Tauro, Italy; Livorno, Italy; Genoa, Italy; Fos sur Mer, France; Valencia, Spain; Algeciras, Spain; Newark, N.J.; Norfolk, Va.; Savannah, Ga.; Marsaxlokk, Malta.
The rotation for the new MGX service is: Cagliari, Italy; Livorno, Italy; Genoa, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; Valencia, Spain; Savannah, Ga.; Port Everglades, Fla.; Houston; New Orleans; Port Everglades, Fla.; Cagliari, Italy.
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