SAX adds port calls at Coega (Ngqura) and Rotterdam

01 Feb 2010

Hapag-Lloyd announces service changes for the South Africa Express

As already announced on November 10, 2009 it was decided to call the brand new Coega (Ngqura) Container Terminal (NCT) on the southbound voyage of the South Africa Express (SAX). After a positive completion of the testing phase, the state-of-the-art Coega (Ngqura) Container Terminal (NCT), which is located 14 km north-east of Port Elizabeth, will be called on a permanent basis in both directions with immediate effect.

In Europe a call at Rotterdam will be added to the rotation of the South Africa Express (SAX). Hapag-Lloyd will offer a direct link to the Dutch port as from

MSC Stella, Voyage 11R
ets Durban 15.02.2010
ets Coega (Ngqura) 17.02.2010
ets Cape Town 19.02.2010

eta Rotterdam 09.03.2010

The same vessel will also offer the first outbound sailing to South Africa from Rotterdam. The new itinerary of the SAX reads as follows:

Felixstowe • Rotterdam • Hamburg • Antwerp • Le Havre • Cape Town • Coega (Ngqura) • Durban • Coega (Ngqura) • Cape Town • Felixstowe

Please note following port addresses:

Coega (Ngqura) Container Terminal
Administration Building, Port Zone
Port of Coega (Ngqura)
Eastern Cape
South Africa

ECT Delta Terminal / DDN
Europaweg 875
Havennr. 8200
3199 LD Maasvlakte RT
Netherlands