News / New India-Europe Express service a game-changer, says Hapag-Lloyd

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A new container service to link ports in eastern India with the Mediterranean and north Europe is set to launch in October by THE Alliance members and Cosco and its subsidiary, OOCL.

The South East India-Europe Express (IEX) service will feature calls along India’s eastern coast and the transhipment hub of Colombo for feeder services coming from the Bangladeshi textile export gateway of Chittagong.

“Our customers have been talking to us about their growing needs in the Indian and Bangladeshi markets, and ...