New World Alliance, comprising APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will launch a new transatlantic service connecting Europe and the UK with the US East Coast and Panama.
The Americas Europe Express (AEE) service is the alliance's third dedicated transatlantic service. It offers multiple weekly sailings from major US and European ports, as well as competitive transit times from Latin America to North Europe via the transhipment hub in Panama.
The alliance will deploy high reefer capacity ships with an average effective capacity of 3,200 TEUs. APL will operate three vessels, and HMM and MOL will operate one vessel each.
The AEE service port rotation is Manzanillo, Charleston, New York, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, New York, Charleston, Manzanillo.
Start dates for the service are as follows: • Westbound: APL Shanghai, sailing from Rotterdam, 29 February. • Eastbound: APL Indonesia, sailing from Manzanillo, 5 March.
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