Starting from September, the carrier will replace the two existing ships with two newly chartered and larger ships of 1,388-TEU, the Manolis P and the Olivia.
Furthermore, the carrier is launching an additional fortnightly feeder service, the LYS2, from September 26 that will connect Mersin, Beirut, Alexandria (Dekheila), Misurata and Tripoli, using one 1,150-TEU containership, the Austria.
Alphaliner said the first LYS feeder service started in January 2011, but was suspended a few weeks later owing to political unrest and violence in Libya. The service resumed in December last year, and a second vessel was added in April to provide more frequent sailings.