EWL EXPANDS NON-CONFERENCE EUROPE/CARIBBEAN SERVICE

   Europe West Indies Lines is adding another two vessels to its current four-ship non-conference service from northern Europe, the Caribbean and the North Coast of South America.

   The operator links northern Europe with a wide range of Caribbean Islands and the full Surinam/Colombia range of North Coast South America.

   Beginning next week, the two additional ships will provide a dedicated fortnightly link to Port of Spain in Trinidad, Paramaribo in Surinam, Georgetown in Guyana, and Guanta in Venezuela. This will enable the existing four ships to improve their frequency to the rest of EWL’s former itinerary, from every 10 days previously to every 8 days now.

   All six ships will serve Port of Spain in Trinidad. As a result, this one port will now have five EWL sailings each month.

   EWL reports that it has been under pressure to expand capacity, with all its westbound sailings being regularly overbooked.