Maersk Line is launching a direct service connecting Ecuador with Spain, Turkey and the Black Sea in late September, as it targets Latin America banana exports to European and Russian markets.
The weekly ECUMED service will deploy eight ships with capacities of 2,500 20-foot equivalent units with the following rotation: Guayaquil-Balboa-Manzanillo-Algeciras-Izmit Korfezi-Ambarlie-Novorossiysk-Odessa-Ambarli-Izmit Korfezi-Algeciras-Balboa-Guayaquil.
It will be the first and fastest direct service between Ecuador and the Black Sea, Maersk said.
The first westbound call by the Nedlloyd Juliana will be from Algeciras, Spain, on September 25. The Maersk Nottingham will inaugurate the eastbound service from Guayaquil, Ecuador, on October 4.
The Journal of Commerce Online