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September 06, 2001

OOCL Announces Appointment of New Agent in Latvia

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) announced today the appointment of Hanza Forwarding as their new agent in Latvia.
OOCL’s Scan Baltic Express (SBX) has been making direct weekly calls at Riga since July 2001. The SBX port rotation is Antwerp – Thamesport – Hamburg – Gdansk – Hamina – St Petersburg – Riga – Hamburg – Antwerp. The schedule is designed to offer customers optimum transit times with relay to and from the deep-sea services linking Europe with Asia and North America. In addition, intra European cargo is carried and connects with OOCL’s recently announced Iberia Scan Express (ISX) service.

Ted Wang, Managing Director, OOCL (Europe) Ltd, London said, “The appointment of Hanza Forwarding, who are well established in Latvia, will strengthen our presence in the growing Latvian market and provide OOCL customers with a high quality service.”

OOCL, headquartered in Hong Kong, is a global container transportation and logistic provider operating from 160 offices in 50 countries. Linking Asia, Europe, North America, the Mediterranean, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Australia/New Zealand, the company offers transportation services to all major trading economies of the world. Internet web site: www.oocl.com

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