Hamburg Süd has announced plans to extend the existing WAMS service, which currently links the U.S. West Coast, the west coast of Mexico, and the west coast of Central America with its hub in Cartagena, to include calls at Tangier, Morocco, and ports in North Europe. The change is subject to regulatory approval, the carrier said.

Beginning in February 2011, the service will employ 10 1,700-TEU vessels; Hamburg Süd will provide eight, and CCNI will provide two. The first sailing in the new rotation will be the Cap Palmerston, voy. 902, departing Vancouver on Feb. 7, 2011.

The new port rotation will be as follows:

Long Beach - Oakland - Seattle - Vancouver - Oakland - Long Beach - Manzanillo - Lazaro Cardenas - Puerto Quetzal - Cartagena - Tangier - Rotterdam - Tilbury - Hamburg - Le Havre - Cartagena - Puerto Quetzal - Lazaro Cardenas - Long Beach.

Hamburg Süd said connections to the rest of its network will be available through Cartagena and Tangier.

Source: JOC