Hapag-Lloyd adds ship on Med/North America

Hapag-Lloyd adds ship on Med/North America    Hapag-Lloyd will add a vessel to its Mediterranean Gulf (MGX) service in September, according to a release Monday from the Port of New Orleans, one of the ports the service calls.
   The service, which Hapag-Lloyd runs in concert with CSAV, operates with six vessels averaging 3,323 TEUs, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. In September, the service will go to seven vessels. Hapag-Lloyd has provided five vessels on the loop and CSAV the sixth, while Zim and CCNI takes slots.
   The rotation of the MGX service is Cagliari, Livorno, Genoa, Marseilles-Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Savannah, Port Everglades, Veracruz, Altamira, Houston, New Orleans and Cagliari.