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Sealand Asia and CNC Line develop Philippines services

The intra-Asia units of Maersk Line and CMA CGM have fine-tuned their services to the Philippines to cater to rising demand from the Southeast Asian country.

Maersk Line’s Sealand Asia has launched the IA-80 service to replace its IA-18 service to achieve a three-week turnaround, instead of five weeks.

IA-80 starts on 17 September 2020 and will call at Yantian, Hong Kong, Sihanoukville, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City (Cat Lai), Batangas, Manila, Xiamen, Taichung and Yantian. Calls to...

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Shandong Port Group develops reefer links with Southeast Asia

Shandong Port Group is eyeing more reefer shipping links between Shandong province’s largest port, Qingdao, and Southeast Asia, amid growing Chinese demand for Southeast Asian tropical fruits.

On 4 May 2020, Chinese intra-Asia carrier SITC Container Lines launched such a service, the Qingdao-South East Asia Reefer Express. The Hyundai Unity departed Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal, with its next ports of call being Shanghai, Hong Kong, Port Klang, Pasir Gudang (Johor) and Singapore.

The...

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Beibu Gulf develops SE Asia logistics links

Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone Planning Construction and Administration Office is striving to increase container throughput along the Beibu Gulf Rim to develop China’s southwestern gateway to Southeast Asia.

The Beibu Gulf Rim, also known as Gulf of Tonkin Economic Belt, is the area surrounding China’s southwestern coastal region around the Gulf of Tonkin. The region is part of the Chinese government’s “Go West” strategy, to boost its less developed western regions.

The “Go West” campaign, has...

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