THE Alliance and Hapag-Lloyd have announced today our new enhanced port coverage in the Mediterranean – North America market. Further to THE Alliance port coverage of the AL7 service, we are pleased to inform you that Hapag-Lloyd will continue our well-established cooperation with ZIM Lines on this service also within the Eastern Mediterranean Area. We will continue to offer direct coverage to/from Haifa, Ashdod and Piraeus. Furthermore, we will add the ports of Mersin and Izmir to this service.
The complete rotation of our AL7 will be as follows:
Valencia – Tarragona – Mersin – Ashdod – Haifa – Izmir – Piraeus – Barcelona – Tarragona – Valencia – Algeciras – Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Valencia
![[AL7 route map]](https://app.eesea.com/news/wp-content/uploads/Greatly_Enhanced_Network.png)
As mentioned in the press release, there will also be an improved rotation for the AL6 service as follows:
Salerno – Livorno – La Spezia – Genoa – FOS – Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Salerno
![[AL6 route map]](https://app.eesea.com/news/wp-content/uploads/Greatly_Enhanced_Network1.png)
Both services will start beginning of April 2017 with the launch of THE Alliance product (subject to completion of all relevant regulatory requirements).
Combining the strength of both loops, Hapag-Lloyd will be able to offer further increased value for our customers in this market:
- Fast transit times between Italy and the North American East Coast and vice versa
- Addition of FOS, Salerno and La Spezia as new direct ports of call
- New direct connection Turkey – North America in both directions
- Continued direct coverage of Israel and Greece
- Connections to the Black Sea and Levant Areas via Hapag-Lloyd’s comprehensive feeder network
- Connectivity via Hapag-Lloyd’s prime services to Montreal, Mexico/US Gulf/ Florida and US/Canada Westcoast
Source: Hapag-Lloyd (LF)
Source: Hapag-Lloyd