Cosiarma, Cosmed and Zim signed an agreement for a new liner serviceemploying two reefer ships in the West Mediterranean
Fixed for next October 10th the starting of the service from Israel to West Mediterranean.
Genoa. September 14th 2011 – Cosiarma, Zim and Cosmed are glad to announce a joint agreement for a new Liner Service in the Mediterranean.
The Italian Group GF will operate the vessels of Ex-Agrexco , the dry van containers and reefer plugs will be handled 50/50 by ZIM/COSCO as a replacement to the former known COSMED service. Cosiarma, a company belonging to GF Group, has chartered the two sister reefer ships previously employed by Agrexco in the service between Israel and the West Mediterranean.
The ships will be renamed Cala Pira and Cala Paradiso, according to the traditional choise of names of Cosiarma for its fleets.
Each ship is able to load around 4.100 pallets of fruit and vegetables in hold and 630 Teus on deck, with 144 reefer plugs and has a service speed of 21’ knots.
Furthermore Cosiarma has signed a slot charter agreement with Zim and Cosmed, companies already serving the same trade.
The ships will be jointly employed in a regular liner service with weekly, fixed-day sailings and the following itinerary: Haifa – Ashdod – Sète – Genoa – Naples – Haifa.
The new service will offer excellent transit times, large allocation of reefer space in holds and containers and more reefer plugs, which will support and assist the customers with their logistics needs.
The service will start from week 41 on October 10th.
