Services

Major shipping lines launch new South East Asia to Australia services

During the month of October 2019 (week 43), Hapag-Lloyd introduces two new services which will offer weekly direct sailings between Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia on top of its existing South East Asia Australia Loop 1 (SAL).

Connecting via Singapore on the company’s global mainline network, they will be able to offer increased sailing frequency to/from Australian ports, with more connections and shipping options in both directions for Middle East and Indian Subcontinent. For cargo...

https://container-news.com/major-shipping-lines-launch-south-east-asia-to-australia-services/

Iran, Turkmenistan to establish direct shipping route

 Iran and Turkmenistan have reached an agreement for establishing a direct shipping route between the two countries, ISNA reported on Monday, quoting the Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami as saying.

According to the minister, the agreement, along with several others, will be discussed comprehensively in the upcoming weeks and will be officially signed in the end of the seventh Iranian calendar month of Mehr (which ends on October 22) in Ashgabat.

Earlier this month...

https://container-news.com/iran-turkmenistan-direct-shipping-route/

APL adds void sailing in the Middle East market

APL will be implementing the following additional void sailing in the Asia-Middle East market in September:

Service Voyage Number First Port ETA Port Rotation
West Asia Express (WAX)0SV5HW1PLQingdao3 September 2019Qingdao – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Doha – Dammam – Sohar – Singapore – Yantian – Xiamen – Ningbo – Shanghai – Busan
West Asia Express 5 (WA5)0DX3DW1PLGwangyang3 September 2019Gwangyang – Busan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – Port...

https://container-news.com/apl-adds-void-sailing-middle-east-market/

RZD Logistics launches China-Germany service

RZD Logistics JSC launched a new transit service from the city of Yantai (China) to Duisburg (Germany). The first train with finished household products, auto parts and components for electronics production left the station on July 26 and arrived at its destination on August 14.

Thus, RZD Logistics at current is organizing container trains from various cities of the Shandong province to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Minsk, and Duisburg today. Besides that, the service will be launched on the new...

https://container-news.com/rzd-logistics-launches-china-germany-service/

MSC expands West Africa network

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is improving its comprehensive West Africa shipping network by adding a new call at Nigeria’s Onne Port.

“Building on our existing successful presence in the nearby market of Port Harcourt, we will deploy an additional feeder service to call at Onne, beginning on 14 August 2019,” MSC says in its announcement.

“The new call responds to demand from our customers in eastern Nigeria and we are ready to accept bookings to and from Onne with immediate effect,” the...

https://container-news.com/msc-expands-west-africa-network/

APL’s EXX service performance report

APL says its updated Eagle Express X (EXX) service has achieved an a great performance in recent weeks.

Presenting the results, APL marks the following:

  1. 100% cargo availability within 5.5 hoursa from start of vessel operations at TraPac
    New target: Previous target:
  2. Average truck turn time of 36 minutesa for equipment returns and pick-up at TraPac – way lower than the industry average of 76 minutesb
    New target: Previous target:
  3. An average of 8 hours 18 minutesa more than published ETA, for...

https://container-news.com/apl-exx-service-performance-report/

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