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Despite
talks about declining freight
rates and surge in container
shipping capacity Port Klang
attracted 16 new services in the
first half of this year.
On
the long-haul service, the New
World Alliance members comprising
Hyundai Merchant Marine, APL-NOL
and Mitsui OSK Line mounted a new
service to Europe in the second
quarter.
The
weekly Asia Europe service
connects Le Harve, Rotterdam,
Hamburg and Southampton in a
single string and provides the
fastest transit time of 15 days
between Port Klang and Le Harve.
APL-NOL
on the other hand started offering
three new services from Westport
this year namely Red Sea Express,
Transpacific PS1 service and
Malaysia Service.
The
PS1 service is the first direct
service from Westport to West
Coast of America, which links
Seattle and San Pedro in the US.
APL-NOL
also mounted a fixed-day (Tuesday)
weekly direct service from
Westport to ports in the Red Sea
region, namely Aden, Jeddah,
Addis, Ababa Aqaba while Uniglory
of Taiwan complemented by another
weekly Sunday service linking
Westport - Singapore - Colombo -
Yemen - Jeddah - Aqaba and Jordan.
On
the Indian sub-continent sector
Bombay Malaysia Express service,
operated by Mitsui OSK Lines
expanded further with inclusion of
three new partners during the
year, namely Hyundai Merchant
Marine, Advance Container Line and
Samudera Indonesia.
The
loop N of the India Service, calls
Port Klang every Friday and covers
Singapore, Colombo, Nhava Sheva,
Cochin, Colombo, Port Klang, While
Loop B servie calls Port Klang
every Thursday covering Singapore,
Mumbai, Colombo, Penang and Port
Klang.
In
the Intra-Asian sector, China
Shipping Container Line, has
further introduced two additional
services between Port Klang and
the Chinese market.
Both
China Express service and
China-South East Asia Service
operated by the line link Port
Klang with major five Chinese
ports namely Tianjin, Longkou,
Qingdao, Hong Kong and Ningbo.
Regional
specialist, Wan Hai line
inaugurated Japan China Service on
May 24 this year covering Port
Klang, Pasir Gudang, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Osaka, Yokohama, Tokyo,
Qingdao and Shanghai while South
Korean's Hyundai Merchant Marine
and Sinokor Merchant Marine
extended their direct service to
PK.
The
growing list of MLOs at Port Klang
attracted an additional three
other new regional feeder
operators – Vega Star Marine,
New Econ Line and Bangladesh
Shipping Corporation.
The
national carrier of Bangladesh -
Bangladesh Shipping Line - joined
the other feeder operators at
Northport - HRC Shipping, QC
Container Line, Sea Consortium,
Orient Express Line - to serve
their country port of Chittagong
effective May this year.
Westport
managed to attract Hub Line and
Feeder Associate System thus
widening the regional feedering
options at the port.
Both
carriers have mounted dedicated
shuttle service to Thailand
covering three major ports namely
Bangkok, Bangpakong and Laem Cha
Bang.
Feeder
Associate Systems, which has
strong presence in the Middle
East, has also commenced a
dedicated service between Jakarta
and Westport during the period.
Vega
Star Marine mounted regular
services between Port Klang and
Prawang port in Sumatra, Indonesia
while New Econ Line and Maersk
line connected Port Klang with Ho
Chi Minh and Saigon.
CMA
CGM, increasingly a major player
at Port Klang mounted a direct
service to Vietnam market with
Gemartrans in joint slot
sharing arrangement with Norasia
and National Shipping Corporation
of Saudi Arabia.
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