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Yang Ming begins to use the port of the Pireo as hub of transhipment for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Previewed the transfer in Greece of part of the up to now carried out activity of transfer in Egypt
May 5, 2015
The port of the Pireo is increasing own important role port of call of transhipment of the Mediterranean. Yesterday, with the arrival of portacontainer Yang Ming Wish to the Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) of Chinese group COSCO Pacific, the company of taiwanese navigation Yang Ming Line in fact has begun to use the Greek port which hub of transhipment for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
The new ship, that it has an ability to 14.080 teu, is delivered last month by the Hyundai Heavy Industries ship yard to the Seaspan Corporation that has rented Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, than in its turn it has introduced in the service of line North Europe 7 (NE7) of the shipowning alliance CKYHE that connects China with the Europe North through the ports hub of Singapore and the Pireo.
According to the programs, the landings place of the portacontenitori of the Asian company to the Pireo will go up from one to four to the week within a plan of the Yang Ming whom it previews to transfer in Greece it leave of the up to now carried out activity of transfer in Egypt.
Moreover from the end of this Yang Ming month it will begin also to use the other Greek port of Salonicco in order to serve the market of northern Greece and the Balkans.
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