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ONE, Cosco, OOCL and Yang Ming launch East Med – America service

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Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Cosco Shipping Lines, OOCL and Yang Ming will launch a new weekly Transatlantic service, East Mediterranean – America Service (EMA).

The first voyage will be in April 2020, subject to FMC filing.

The EMA service, jointly operated by the four lines, will comprise six panamax vessels. The port rotation for the weekly service is Mersin – Haifa – Alexandria – Istanbul – Piraeus – Genoa – Algeciras - New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Algeciras – Mersin.

The new service EMA, service between East Mediterranean and East Coast America, is designed to offer competitive transit times and provide more service frequencies in the market.

By including Genoa and Algeciras port calls, the four lines will also engage in Genoa and Algeciras west bound service and provide diverse intra Mediterranean services through multi-stage utilisation of the service.