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New Turkish line debuts first service
Turkey’s newest container carrier has debuted its first service. Istanbul-based Akkon Lines is linking Turkey with Libya on its first service with analysts at Alphaliner reporting it will add Piraeus in Greece as a direct call next month.
The new service is operated with two recently chartered ships, the 923 teu Purki and the 1,055 teu Viya.
Akkon Lines was established in September this year as a joint venture between Akarlar Shipping and Salim Isil, a former shipping executive from Containerships’s Turkey office.