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February 16, 2009:
Grand Alliance restructuring Asia-East Med/Black Sea Service
Grand Alliance members - Hapag-Lloyd, MISC Berhad, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) announced today they will restructure the coverage of the Asia-East Med/Black Sea trade. After having suspended the ABX service as reported earlier, the Grand Alliance is now offering an East Med/Black Sea Express service (EMX) in co-operation with ZIM Lines.
The rotation of the EMX is Pusan-Shanghai-Ningbo-Shekou-Port Kelang-Colombo-Nhava Sheva-Istanbul-Novorossiysk-Constanza-Istanbul-Nhava Sheva-Colombo-Port Kelang-Shekou-Xiamen (starting 23.05.2009)-Pusan.
First sailing will be the 'ZIM YOKOHAMA' eta 23rd February 2009 at Pusan.
With this arrangement, the Grand Alliance Lines continue to offer a direct coverage to the main ports in the East Med as well as Black Sea and like to demonstrate their commitment in serving the needs of their customers even in rather volatile markets.
The Grand Alliance, formed in 1998, is the leading integrated consortium in global container shipping. Its members are Hapag-Lloyd (Germany), MISC Berhad (Malaysia), NYK (Japan) and OOCL (Hong Kong).
February 03, 2009:
Grand Alliance announces changes to Asia-Black Sea Express Service (ABX)
The member lines of the Grand Alliance, Hapag-Lloyd, MISC Berhad, NYK and OOCL, have decided to temporarily suspend their ABX Service between Asia and Black Sea/East Mediterranean with immediate effect.
The weekly service, which was jointly operated by The New World Alliance (TNWA), has been operated by eight vessels with an average capacity of 5,000 TEU.
Ports of call are Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Damietta, Istanbul, Constanta, Odessa, Constanta, Istanbul, Damietta, Jeddah, Singapore, Shanghai.
This service change is in response to the global economic slowdown that has led to reduced customer demand.
However, although the joint cooperation with TNWA on the ABX service has been suspended, the Grand Alliance will continue offering alternative coverage between Asia and the Black Sea/East Med ports. We will inform Grand Alliance customers of their options as soon as possible.
The Grand Alliance, formed in 1998, is the leading integrated consortium in global container shipping.
April 2008
Latest weekly service, operated by the Grand Alliance, with the updates of port rotation: Shanghai / Ningbo / Shekou / Singapore / Damietta / Istanbul / Constanta / Odessa / Constanta / Istanbul / Damietta / Jeddah/ Singapore and back to Shanghai.
January 16 2008
Medgroup's new ro-ro terminal at Constanta starts operations
Operations at the Medgroup's new Romcargo terminal in Constanta (Romania) officially commenced on 10 January. Romcargo terminal has a surface area of 30,000 sqm, with a possibility to expand to 58,000 sqm, and a 202 m berth. It is the first terminal dedicated to ro-ro cargo in Constanta. The first vessel that the terminal handled was the "Neptune Dynamis", which loaded 505 Dacia cars.
MEDTAINER RO srl, as agent for Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL)
We proudly announce that we have been nominated as agents for Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) in Romania starting with 30th of March 2007 together with Via Multima Ltd in Odessa, Ukraine and Via Multima Bulgaria Ltd in Varna, Bulgaria.
OOCL’s recently announced a new weekly service, operated by the Grand Alliance, starting in June 2007 with the rotation of Shanghai / Ningbo / Shekou / Singapore / Damietta / Istanbul / Constanta / Odessa / Izmir / Damietta / Singapore and back to Shanghai.
"We are confident OOCL’s sophisticated in-house integrated systems will help raise customer service quality levels. In turn, this will assist our customers to develop their business to and from the Black Sea region."
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. Headquartered in Hong Kong, OOCL is one of the world's leading container transport and logistics service providers, with more than 230 offices in 58 countries. Linking Asia, Europe, North America, the Mediterranean, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Australia/New Zealand, the company offers transportation services to all major east/west trading economies of the world. OOCL is one of the leading international carriers serving China, providing a full range of logistics and transportation services throughout the country. It is also an industry leader in the use of information technology and e-commerce to manage the entire cargo process. Website: www.oocl.com
Medtainer Ro SRL - was established in 2001 as P & O Nedlloyd agents in Romania through Medtainer SA - Med Group Greece. Our aim is to offer a high quality services in Constantza Port and we offer high quality services as: pilotage, tugging, mooring/ unmooring, cargo handling, lashing, survey, customs formalities & rail/truck transportation.
Volume increased tremendously from 2001 and exceed our principals expectations, electronic systems were implemented in time with an excellent qualification from our principals, targets and goals were always achieved.
After the unexpected taking over of P&O Nedlloyd by Maersk, we start our activity as freight forwarder and as agent of Cargo Container Line - nvocc with services only for Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.
We are certificated ISO 9001 for management of multimodal transport of goods, a quality service being always important for us and our clients.
For more information please visit our website www.medtainer.ro
Bd. Mamaia, Nr.175, cod postal 900565, Constanta
N.R.C.: J13/1183/2001
C.U.I.: RO13906961
Banca: ALPHA BANK Agentia Port
Cont LEI: RO66BUCU4A1683512511RO01
Cont USD: RO80BUCU4A1683512511US01
Cont EURO: RO23BUCU4A1683512511EU01
Register of commerce: J13/1183/2001
- agent of P&O NEDLLOYD in Romania from 2001 upto 2006, specialized in containerized transport and vessel husbandry
- agent of OOCL in Romania from 2007
ISO 9001 cerificate for management for multimodal transportation
Offices:- Head Office in Constanta
- Branch Office in Bucharest
- Spedition and stevedoring office in Constanta Sud Agigea Port – CSCT Terminal