Italy's Cosiarma S.p.A., Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. and Cosmed have announced a joint agreement for a new Liner Service in the Mediterranean. The service will start from week 41 on October 10th, 2011.
Cosiarma, a company belonging to GF Group, has chartered the two sister reefer ships ‘Carmel EcoFresh’ and ‘Carmel Bio-Top’ previously employed by Agrexco in the service between Israel and the West Mediterranean.
The ships will be jointly employed in a regular liner service with weekly, fixed-day sailings and the following itinerary: Haifa – Ashdod – Sète – Genoa – Naples – Haifa. According to statement issued in Israel the ships will be renamed Cala Pira and Cala Paradiso, according to the traditional choice of names of Cosiarma for its fleets.
Each ship is able to load around 4.100 pallets of fruit and vegetables in hold and TEU 630 on deck, with 144 reefer plugs and has a service speed of 21 knots.
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