Hamburg Süd will be offering a new service from South Africa to Argentina and Brazil (SABR Service) in cooperation with Nile Dutch. The new fixed-day fortnightly service will provide shippers with a regular and reliable westbound link from South Africa to South America with connections to Europe and North America.

The new service rotation will be: Durban " Port Elizabeth " Buenos Aires " Rio Grande " Itajai " Santos " Rio de Janeiro.

Further destinations in South America, North America and Europe will be offered in transhipment.

The first westbound call at Durban will be with Buxfavourite on 21 July 2013.

In the opposite direction to the SABR Service Hamburg Süd serves the trade from South America to South Africa with its New Good Hope Express Service offering twice-weekly direct links from Brazil and the River Plate to South Africa.