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The NEX service called after leaving Hamburg the ports of Antwerp, Le Havre, Tangier, Malta, Alexandria-Dekheila, Damietta, Beirut, Mersin, Iskenderun, Algeciras, Southampton and Rotterdam.

Clearance of NTX, the new second service offered by ONE is the NTX service. Along with Hamburg, this called at the ports of Antwerp, Malta, Gebze, Istanbul-Ambarli, Gemlik, Aliaga, Tangier, Southampton and Rotterdam.

ONE's German country manager, Jan Holst, said the company was expanding its intra-European trade routes.

"Increasing demand from the outset shows what we are offering between Northern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as the Marmara region [greater Istanbul area], is finding good acceptance," he said.

"On both imports and exports, we see attractive cargo volume for ONE and good load factors for our direct services," Mr Holst said.

Said Port of Hamburg Marketing joint CEO Axel Mattern: "This underlines Hamburg's importance in the container trade with the Mediterranean region. The new services will bring us additional cargo volume in seaborne foreign trade."

A totaI of nine liner services connect Hamburg with ports in Turkey. These consist of six container and two multi-purpose services, plus one vehicle transport service. The container and vehicle transport services operate weekly. The multi-purpose service calls Hamburg monthly.