SeaLead expands into the Latin American market

The new service will call Brazil’s Wilson Sons Rio Grande Container Terminal, in Rio Grande do Sul.

SeaLead’s new MEDSA Service will between South America and the Mediterranean, heading for Morocco. It will South America connectwith North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and India. 

A relatively new player in container shipping SeaLead has until now focused on the Asia, Middle East and the Med.

The new service will call Brazil’s Wilson Sons Rio Grande Container Terminal, in Rio Grande do Sul.

MEDSA Service will also concentrate at Rio Grande Container Terminal cargo from the ports of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, in Argentina and Uruguay, respectively, via feeder vessels transhipping to various destinations up to the Mediterranean.

“The new shipping route reiterates our commitment to offering greater service speed and transport capacity, which will boost the growth of Rio Grande do Sul's foreign trade and strengthen our position as an important logistics hub in the Southern Cone,” says Paulo Bertinetti, CEO of Rio Grande Container Terminal.  

SeaLead CEO Suleyman Avci said that the new service MEDSEA, “we are not only expanding our network, but also increasing our capacity to serve the Brazilian and Mediterranean markets. This service is designed to meet the high standards of reliability and efficiency that our clients expect from SeaLead,” he said.

The service will be operated with five ships, namely: 1,930-teu Cape Byron; 1,349-teu Escape; 1,349-teu Espoir; 1,700-teu Green Hope; and 1,781-teu Seatrade Chile. 

The 1.4 million teu capacity Rio Grande Container Terminal can receive New Panamax vessels along its 900-metre pier, with high productivity, technology and automation, making it the best transhipment choice from the Southern Cone.