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Shipping services between Malaysia and China has
been on rise in tandem with the increasing
bilateral trade of two countries.
Malaysia’s external trade with China rose by
15.5per cent totaling RM52 billion in the first
half of this year compared with RM45.44 billion
in the corresponding period of previous year.
Malaysia exported RM282.99 billion worth of item
to China and imported RM238. 39 billion worth of
goods in the January-June period of 2007.
“In view of the huge flow of external trade
volume, shipping lines continue to focus on the
China market either upgrading or mounting new
services,” said the general manager of Sea
Consortium, Capt Ananda Kumar.
Sea Consortium has joined hands with Wan Hai
Lines, Cheng Lie Navigation to launch a new
dedicated weekly service to China effective
September 2007.
The service is also aimed at linking ports in
China and India. The service offers one of the
fastest transit times between the China and the
East Coast of India.
“The rotation of this service links Qingdao,
Lianyungang, Shanghai, Singapore, Port Klang,
Chennai, Port Klang, Singapore, Hongkong,
Qingdao,” said Capt Kumar.
Sea Consortium’s service North China to Chennai
(NCC) starting next month, with four 1,700TEUs
vessels.
The NCC service offers one of the fastest direct
callers to/from 4 China Ports of Hong Kong,
Qingdao, Lianyungang and Shanghai, said Capt
Kumar.
Besides the service by Sea Consortium, Korea
Marine Transport Co., Ltd.(KMTC), Cheng Lie
Navigation Co., Ltd.(CNC) have also started a
new service to China which links four major
ports namely Xingang, Qingdao, Hong Kong and
Shekou effective end of July.
The new China/Korea /Southeast Asia/India
service named NIX (New India Express) will
operate a fixed day weekly service with five
containerships (KMTC places four containerships
including two vessels with 1,860 TEUs of its
own, Cheng Lie Navigation Co., Ltd. Has placed
one containership).
The service rotation covers Xingang – Qingdao –
Busan - Hong Kong – Shekou – Singapore - Port
Klang - Nhava Sheva -Port Klang – Singapore -
Hong Kong – Busan - Xingang. The service is
expected to meet the customers’ needs with
connecting growing container markets of Xingang,
Qingdao to Southeast-Asia and India.
Meanwhile, MISC Bhd included four China ports -
Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou and Hong Kong - in its
new Asia South Africa Service effective May this
year.
The East and Westbound service is offered in a
consortium comprising PIL and K Line calling
Northport weekly.
Members of the consortium deploy seven
containerships of 3300 - 3800 TEUs capacity. The
newly-revised port rotation of the service
covers Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Shekou, Hong
Kong, Singapore, Port Klang, Colombo, Durban,
Cape Town, Colombo, Port Klang, Singapore, Hong
Kong and Shanghai.
Singapore-based Pacific International Lines has
also initiated weekly sailings to China from
Northport at Port Klang under the banner of
China Straits Thailand since June this year.
The weekly service also links Port Klang with
four major Chinese ports namely Hong Kong,
Ningbo, Qingdao and Shanghai.
The German-base Hapag Lloyd together with Wan
Hai Lines has also started a weekly sailing from
Port Klang known as China Red Sea Express. |
