OOCL to provide 4,578-TEU ship for Indamex service
OOCL will join the Indamex service by providing it the 4,578-TEU OOCL Kobe that will replace the 4,367-TEU CMA CGM Eiffel, which will soon depart to join the French shipping line's EPIC service, reports AXS Alphaliner News. OOCL had been in league with Indamex's rival, the Indus Express service, from its launch in 2006 to its end in January. OOCL has served the Indian subcontinent for more than a decade through the Colombo-North America leg of the Grand Alliance AEX service, and through its forerunner, the AEX leg of the AEX-PNX Pendulum service. Under the new arrangement, NYK, a slot buyer on Indamex since March, also becomes a ship provider by adding the 4,298-TEU NYK Galaxy that will replace the 3,821-TEU APL Alexacdrite. Indamex service providers now include Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, APL, NYK and OOCL.