Unimed Feeder Services (UFS), the Med and Black Sea feeder arm of Unifeeder, has launched a new Turkey-Ukraine feeder service calling at Tekirdag, Odessa, Tekirdag from 30 October 2024. The service will turn in 7 days with the 1,216 teu HARRISON whose charter has just been renewed for 10-12 months and respositioned from North Europe.
Unimed Feeder Services (UFS), Unifeeder's Mediterranean feeder arm, has launched a new Egypt-Ukraine feeder service connecting Port Said, Chornomorsk, Port Said from 16 October 2024. The service will turn in 2 weeks using the 1,698 teu A. OBELIX and 1,216 teu HARRISON. Maersk will take slots on the UFS service as the Ilyichevsk-Port Said Shuttle service.
Unifeeder has launched a new Egypt-Aegean feeder service connecting Port Said East, Thessaloniki, Izmit, Port Said East from 27 July 2024. The weekly service will turn in 14 days and deploys the 1,118 teu ATLANTIC EXPRESS and 990 teu BF PERCH.
Unifeeder, China United Lines (CUL), Milaha and Sinokor will jointly launch a new China-Middle East Gulf Express (CGE/CGX/MGX/SGX1) service from May 2024 calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Jebel Ali, Shanghai. The CGE/CGX/MGX/SGX1 will turn in 35 days and deploys 5 ships of 2,400-3,000 teu starting from 20 May 2024. Unifeeder will operate 2 ships (the 3,006 teu CELCIUS ESSEN and CELSIUS EINDHOVEN), while CUL, Milaha and Sinokor will operate one ship each (the 2,518 teu ZHONG GU YING KOU, 2,8
Unifeeder has added 2 new Venezuela services that will call alternately at Guanta/Guaranao and Maracaibo using 2 ships of 1,100 teu on separate 14 day rotations. The Unifeeder Venezuela service 1 (Guanta/Guaranao) will deploy the 1,118 teu SC PHILLY from 16 April 2024 to call at Cartagena, Manzanillo (Pan), Oranjestad, Willemstad, Guanta/Guaranao (alternate calls), Cartagena. The Unifeeder Venezuela service 2 (Maracaibo) will deploy the 1,118 teu NOAH from 23 April 2024 to call at Cartagena,
Unimed, Unifeeder's Mediterranean feeder arm, has launched a new Egypt-Greece feeder service connecting Port Said, Piraeus, Port Said from 18 February 2024 using the 1,134 teu PAN GG for the first 2 sailings before it is replaced by the 1,129 teu EGY CROWN. The service will turn on a weekly basis and will call at the SCCT terminal at Port Said and PCT in Piraeus.
Unifeeder will add a new Aruba and Curacao feeder service connecting Cartagena, Oranjestad, Willemstad, Cartagena from 1 March 2024 with the 642 teu ELLA Y. SThe new service is Unifeeder's third Americas service, adding to the Panama-Colombia service launched in January 2024 connecting Manzanillo, Turbo, Cartagena, Barranquilla,Santa Marta, Cartagena, Manzanillo and the Hispaniola-Puerto Rico service launched in March 2023 connecting Caucedo, Port au Prince, San Juan, Caucedo.
Unifeeder has acquired MCL Feeder Services on 1 January 2024 and will combine MCL's feeder operations in the Mediterranean area into the Unifeeder/Unimed network. MCL is based in Cyprus and operates feeder services in the Mediterranean. It was part of the Metz Group that was established in 1982 in Beirut, Lebanon and had cooperated previously with various feeder operators with slot arrangements with Unimed(UFS), Sealand, Mahoney, Medkon and Bahari.
Unifeeder has launched a second Latin America feeder service connecting Panama and Colombia with the 1,118 teu NOAH assigned to the new service from 3 February 2024. The Panama-Colombia feeder will call at Manzanillo, Turbo, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Manzanillo on a weekly basis. The new service will complement the Hispaniola-Puerto Rico service that was launched in March 2023. The service connects Caucedo, Port au Prince, San Juan, Caucedo with the 1,100 teu CONTSHIP DON
Unimed has started a new Damietta-Turkey service from 23 October 2023 connecting Damietta and Mersin with the 1,216 teu MORAGA.