OOCL to expand and upgrade Scandinavian Express Service (SBX)

HONG KONG's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced it will add capacity and two port calls to its two-loop Scandinavian Express Service (SBX).


A sixth 1,000-TEU vessel has been deployed in the SBX1 loop, and the SBX2 loops has been increased from two to three vessels with the addition of OOCL Nevskiy from SBX1.


Kotka has been added to the SBX2 loop and a second call at St Petersburg.


For the SBX1 service the port rotation is Rotterdam, Antwerp, St Petersburg, Gdynia, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Gydnia, St Petersburg and back to Rotterdam.


For the SBX2, the rotation is Hamburg, St Petersburg, Kotka, Rauma, Gavle, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Klaipeda, St Petersburg and back to Hamburg.
(Source:http://www.schednet.com)