| 28.08.08 Issued on behalf of Grand Alliance Hamburg / Hong Kong / Kuala Lumpur / Tokyo / 28 August 2008 Grand Alliance (GA) is enhancing its service between Mediterranean and Asia (EUM) to proactively cater for our customers needs. Valencia will be added as a port of call in the current EUM service, and the enhanced service will begin in the second full week of August 2008 (Week 33). Port rotation for the enhanced Mediterranean service is: Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Klang, Jeddah, Damietta, Genoa, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Damietta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Busan. Eight vessels with the capacity of approximately 6,000TEU will be deployed on the service. The Grand Alliance, formed in 1998, is the leading integrated consortium in global container shipping. Its members include Hapag-Lloyd (Germany), MISC Berhad (Malaysia), NYK (Japan), and OOCL (Hong Kong). |
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