Capacity hike on Asia/Mideast service
An Asia/Middle East operated by Hyundai, Hapag-Lloyd, TSK Line, Maersk Lines and MOL will begin using larger ships next week and call three additional more ports.
The number of ships in the KMS service will be increased from five to six, and the average capacity of vessels in the service will jump from 4,747 TEUs to 6,190 TEUs, said American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data.
Calls have been added in Shanghai, Ningbo and Bandar Abbas.
Ships will take 42 days to make the port rotation of Gwangyang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Ningbo, Keelung, Hong Kong, Yantian, Shenzhen, Singapore, Port Kelang, Dubai, Jebel Ali, Bandar Abbas in Iran, Karachi, Singapore, Hong Kong and Gwangyang.
Capacity hike on Asia/Mideast service