“Investment in this service has been motivated by client demand for reliable and fast refrigerated transportation of fruits, especially bananas, from Ecuador to the Russian market,” Maersk said. “Furthermore, it will give Russian exporters a unique opportunity to develop trade connections between Russia and South America.”
The weekly ECUBEX will use six 2,500-TEU ships with 600 reefer plugs. The ships, which will transit the Baltic Sea, are ice-classed.
Port rotation is Guayaquil, Ecuador; Balboa, Panama; Rotterdam; St. Petersburg PLP; St. Petersburg FCT; Bremerhaven; Manzanillo, Panama; Balboa; and Guayaquil. One of the ships in the service, the Maersk Niamey, is in St. Petersburg March 22.
