Shipping companies and sea freight giants Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd have announced that they will restructure their “EPIC” container cargo service.

Both carriers have advised the industry that the EPIC service, from Europe to the Middle East and India will be restructured to provide customers with a weekly service, utilizing six 4,000 Twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels.

The service will be run jointly by the two Hamburg based companies with Hapag Lloyd providing four vessels to the service while Hamburg Süd contributes two. 

Both companies have said that they expect the restructured service to commence operations in May.

Source: Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd

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