Hamburg Sud Europe - Mediterranean Service now calling at Aliaga and Izmir

Hamburg, 24 March 2010. With immediate effect, Hamburg Sud will be calling at the TCEEGE Terminal in Aliaga instead of Izmir (Alsancak) on the Northern Route of its Europe Mediterranean Service. The first port call in Aliaga, which lies 55 kilometres north of Izmir, in Nemrut Bay, will be on 26 March 2010 with the icoline Maersk.

TCEEGE is a deep-water terminal featuring sufficient capacity both seaward and landward which guarantees fast, congestion-free handling. In addition, the nearby rail station provides a fast link to the industrial areas in northern Turkey.

With the port call in Aliaga (via the Northern Route of EMS) and that in Izmir (Alsancak) (via the Southern Route of EMS) Hamburg Sud will be offering two port calls a week in the region around Izmir from now on.

The new Northern Route of EMS has the following port rotation: Felixstowe - Bremerhaven - Gothenburg - Aarhus - Antwerp - Gioia Tauro - Piraeus - Kumport - Gebze-Evyap - Aliaga - Gioia Tauro - Valencia - Felixstowe.

The Southern Route of EMS has the port rotation: Felixstowe - Hamburg - Antwerp - Valencia - Alexandria - Beirut - Lattakia - Mersin - Izmir - Salerno - Felixstowe.<Korea Shipping Gazette>