Cory Brothers Shipping Agency Ltd. as Liner agents for GRIEG Star Shipping announced the introduction of a 5th vessel in its North-Atlantic Traffic.
Effective February 06th, 2012; M/v “Star Eagle” (39749 DWT) will enter into the AC Service (Europe to US Gulf / Mexico vice versa). The introducing of this additional capacity is based on the solid demand for space from customers in various cargo segments.
In addition to the total capacity increase, this service upgrade will improve schedule reliability and sailing frequency (2 – 3 departures per month).
The company states “With this development, we continue a long and proud tradition in the North-Atlantic, where we are operating regular services for more than 30 years. We are therefore glad that we can provide our customers with this product improvement.”
Following the recent introduction of through solutions from Europe to the West Coast of South America (via Houston), the 05th vessel will also support Grieg Star’s growth strategy in other geographical areas’.
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World Maritime News Staff, January 13, 2012