Hapag-Lloyd is launching the new Levante Express Service (LEX). First sailing of the weekly service which further enhances Hapag-Lloyd's port coverage in the Tyrrhenian Sea and Levant will be June 18 from Cagliari.

The LEX links ten ports in Italy, Turkey and Egypt including the hub ports Cagliari, Damietta and Port Said for connectivity to Hapag-Lloyd's global service network. Mainliner services from/to Asia, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, North, Central and South America, Africa, Northern Europe and Australia are calling at these hubs.

The Levante Express Service will be operated with three vessels with a capacity of approximately 1,400 TEU each. The port rotation will be: Cagliari, Alexandria, Damietta, Port Said, Mersin, Izmir, Cagliari, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Salerno and Cagliari again.