Starting in August, MOL will begin a second weekly link between Brazil and the U.S. east coast. The new service, called the Americas Link Express (ALE), will augment MOL's extensive Latin American network.

In combination with MOL's existing Americas Coast East (ACE) service, the ALE will offer customers several important features including expanded port coverage, faster transit time and increased reliability:

"The ALE is our eleventh Latin service string, and builds on our commitment of over 80 years in this rapidly growing market. Not only will the ALE expand our port coverage and offer faster transits, but more importantly, this new service will improve schedule reliability between the east coasts of the U.S. and South America," said Ray Keene, Executive Vice President of MOL (America) Inc.

The ALE port rotation is:

Charleston - Norfolk - New York - Paranagua - San Francisco do Sul - Santos -Sepetiba - Suape - Charleston

The ALE service will operate five vessels on a fixed-day weekly schedule, and join MOL's ten existing Latin services. The first northbound sailing of the ALE will leave Paranagua, Brazil on August 6. Southbound service will begin on August 23, departing from Charleston, South Carolina.