A new marine company is establishing itself and will begin trade with Russia. CStar Line was created in Dubai by unnamed shareholders, and Zsolt Katona, a former Maersk employee, would serve as CEO, according to sources.
The new business appears to have hired 18 container ships with a total capacity of 23,000 TEU boxes.
According to DynaLiners, the Russia trade will get all available capacity, for which it has built the following network of services offered by a combination of its own (chartered) boats, vessel sharing agreements (VSA), and slot charters.
Shortsea/Feeder services:
EMBA1 – Istanbul (Ambarli), Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg and back to Istanbul
EMBS1 – Haifa, Alexandria, Novorossiysk and back to Haifa
EMBS2 – Izmit (Safiport), Istanbul (Ambarli), Novorossiysk and back to Izmit
FEFE2 – Rizhao, Ningbo, Vostochny, and back to Rizhao
FEFE3 – Busan, Vostochny and back to Busan
FEFE4 – Dalian, Busan, Vostochny and back to Dalian
Long-haul VSAs and slots, including:
ISEM1 – slots from Global Feeder Shipping and Mountain Air Shipping (MAS) – Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Jeddah, Istanbul (Ambarli), Jeddah and back to Nhava Sheva
FEBA1 – VSA with OVP Shipping and MAS with Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Guangzhou (Nansha), Port Kelang, Istanbul (Ambarli) and back to Qingdao
FEFE1 – slots from Inteco Lines and OVP Shipping – Guangzhou (Nansha), Shenzhen (Yantian), Xiamen, Shanghai, Vostochny and back to Guangzhou
