Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced two new services between North Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey.

In a statement, the container line said the new services, named as North Europe East Mediterranean Express (NEX) and North Europe Turkey Express (NTX), will be the first direct services between the two regions in ONE’s network.

The new direct coverage will offer customers first-class transit times in the market. The inaugural services will also be calling at Moroccan and Spanish transhipment hubs, Tangier and Algeciras, connecting cargo to other worldwide destinations throughout ONE’s global network.

The service rotation for the NEX service is: Southampton – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Le Havre – Tangier – Malta – Alexandria (Dekheila) – Damietta – Beirut – Mersin – Iskenderun – Algeciras – Southampton.

For the NTX service the rotation is: Southampton – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Malta – Gebze – Istanbul (Ambarli) – Gemlik – Aliaga – Tangier – Southampton.