Grand Alliance has announced that they are to enhance their service between the Mediterranean and Asia. They will be adding Valencia as a port of call so that they can cater for customers needs.
The new Far East service will begin in the second full week of August 2008 and will call at a variety of ports in the following order: Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Klang, Jeddah, Damietta, Genoa, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Damietta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Busan.
The Grand Alliance was formed in 1998 and is a consortium in global container shipping. Hapag-Lloyd is a member of this consortium.