IRAN'S HDS Lines is expected to drop Mediterranean calls at Damietta, Gemlik, Istanbul and Malta from its Far East-Mideast-Med service (FMCL) at the end of October, reports Alphaliner.

    At present the Far East departures turn around at Bandar Abbas under a shortened SMX rotation that calls at Xiamen, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Chiwan, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Port Kelang, Mundra, Karachi, Jebel Ali, Bandar Abbas, Singapore and back to Xiamen.

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