Grand Alliance Revises Carrier Service

Grand Alliance (GA) carriers - Hapag-Lloyd (HL), MISC Berhad (MISC), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), have announced a revised Asia-West Mediterranean service (EUM).

The service will include the New World Alliance (NWA) lines - APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).

The NWA will join the GA's EUM service from December 23, 2008 to offer greater market coverage which includes Busan and Valencia. Chiwan will be added to the existing EUM service.

Hapag-Lloyd, www.hapag-lloyd.com