The following customer advisory was published by Hapag-Lloyd
In our continuous effort to improve schedule reliability and to quickly adapt to the changing needs of the market, we are pleased to inform you that Hapag-Lloyd will include a port call at Malaga, Spain, on the westbound leg of the Mediterranean Canada Service (MCA). Malaga will be called from mid-September 2018 onwards and replaces Algeciras in the MCA rotation.
These changes will offer you premium transit times from Malaga to Canada, with access via rail to Chicago and other locations in the Midwest of the United States of America.
The MCA also calls at Tangier, Morocco, which will allow for transshipment opportunities from Malaga to many ports in Northern Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, Africa, Middle East, India Subcontinent and Asia.
The terminal at Malaga for our weekly MCA service is as follows:
NOATUM Container Terminal
Muelle número 9
Puerto de Malaga
29001 Malaga
Spain
The last sailing from Algeciras will be performed by:
MV “Genoa Express” 25W34 – ETS August 31, 2018
The first sailing from Malaga will be:
MV “Mississauga Express” 64W36 – ETS Sept.14, 2018
Standard Transit Times (in days):
From/to Montreal
Sagunto (Valencia) 20
Cagliari 17
Salerno 16
Livorno 15
Genoa 14
Fos 12
Malaga 10
Tangier 9
Vigo 7
Source: Hapag-Lloyd (BB)
Source: Hapag-Lloyd