Holland Maas Shipping (HMS) and Evergreen start their own feeder service to Russia. The service BAL1-Service will connect the Northern German ports of Bremerhaven and Hamburg with Sint-Petersburg.
The first sailing from Bremerhaven was offered with the 925 teu Tongan. This is a new container ship which HMS charters from the german owner Ernst Komrowski.
Also Evergreen delevers a ship for the service. It will be the new build Beluga Modesty of 925 teu. This ship is now being finished at ship yard Volharding and will be delivered middle November. Both ships are ice strengthened. 
With two ships Holland Maas and Evergreen can offer a sailing every 5 days. For HMS it is the first service to Northern Europe. The operator sails already for years to Spain, Portugal and Morocco.