Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced the appointment of Black Sea agents who represent the new Grand Alliance weekly service starting in June.

The OOCL agents are Via Multima Ltd in Odessa, Ukraine; Medtainer Ro Srl in Constanta, Romania and Via Multima Bulgaria Ltd in Varna, Bulgaria.

OOCL's new weekly service, operated by the Grand Alliance, has the following rotation: Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Damietta, Istanbul, Constanta, Odessa, Izmir, Damietta, Singapore and back to Shanghai.

"These agency appointments in the fast-developing Black Sea region are an important step for OOCL, especially in the trade to and from Asia." said OOCL managing director for Europe, Henry Wong.

"We are confident OOCL's sophisticated in-house integrated systems will help raise customer service quality levels. In turn, this will assist our customers to develop their business to and from the Black Sea region," said Mr Wong.