THE Alliance Adds New Weekly Direct-Asia Container Service from Port NOLA 12/24/2020 The MOL Emissary vessel is part of the Ocean Network Express line serving Port NOLA. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA). NEW ORLEANS—THE Alliance has announced a new direct-Asia container service that will call the Port of New Orleans, the East Coast Loop 6 service via the Panama Canal. Members of THE Alliance Ocean Network Express, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine and Yang Ming Line stated they are launching the EC6, calling it “the first service within THE Alliance network to directly and seamlessly connect the U.S. Gulf with important ports in Asia.” This new service will launch in April 2021.