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David J Halliday News

30 Sep 2002

Eagle is Landing for Contship Containerlines

Contship Containerlines will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Eagle service between Europe and Australasia, by retiring the "Eagle" service brand name and strengthening the operation by incorporating it into the impending reconfiguration of its services in this trade. Contship Containerlines' Eagle service first started in May 1982 with a direct link between Mediterranean ports and Australia. In 1983, the service was expanded to include direct calls in the UK and Northern Europe. vessels were introduced and the rotation was expanded to include ports in the Far East. By 1991, seven new vessels of 1600 teu capacity replaced the previous tonnage and Noumea was introduced into the schedule.

13 Dec 2002

Contship Containerlines Wins Third Party Endorsement

Contship Containerlines services between Australia and Europe - currently being upgraded into two contra-rotating loops - now enjoy third party endorsement at both ends of the trade. Zealand has picked up awards for best transit times and schedule reliability from two independent authorities on the subject. In Australia recently, at the Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News Shipping Awards, Contship Containerlines scooped first place for schedule integrity in the trade from Australia to Europe, as well as from Australia to South Asia. reliability and transit times to the Australian base ports of Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. Comments David J. Under the restructuring, Contship's existing services have been replaced by two contra-rotating round-the-world strings.

07 May 2001

Contship Joins MedPac Conference

years ago. Livorno, Genoa, Cartegena, Long Beach, Vancouver, Portland and Oakland. fortnightly to a 10-day schedule, with the introduction of larger and faster ships. Israel Navigation. our presence on this important trade. an excellent platform to explore the future development of our brand off the U.S. than 10 years and currently offers a nine-day service operated by five ships.