MUMBAI : Maersk plans to launch a container service, called the ME4, linking India, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, effective from October.
This is a dedicated West Med service which will be characterized by the usual Maersk trait Reduced Transit Time and High Reliability.
The ME4 port rotation will include: Jebel Ali, Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), Jeddah, Malta, Algeciras, Tangiers, Genoa, Jeddah and back to Jebel Ali.
The Danish carrier said the new service will deploy vessels with a carrying capacity of 4,500 20-foot equivalent units and connect at Algeciras on the West Bound leg with its Rumba Service, which is being merged with the Mediterranean Shipping Company's "Spain Loop 2 Service" starting in November.
