Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and Wan Hai Lines Ltd (WHL) today announced the following service enhancement in their joint service between China and the Middle East. This enhancement is in response to customer demand and will help to focus the service on an ever growing market sector between China and the Middle East. The transit time will be up to three days faster between major ports, with the deployment of six 1,800-teu/22-knots vessels providing a very fast and reliable quality service.
The new service port rotations are as follows:
Shanghai (Sun/Tue), Dalian (Wed/Wed), Xingang Thu/Fri), Qingdao (Sat/Sat), Ningbo (Sun/Mon), Hong Kong (Wed/Thu), Shekou (Thu/Thu), Singapore (Sun/Mon), Port Klang (Tue/Wed), Jebel Ali (Wed/Wed), Karachi (Fri/Sat), Nhava Sheva(Sun/Mon), Port Klang (Sat/Sun), Singapore (Mon/Tue), Hong Kong (Fri/Fri), and back to Shanghai.
The first sailing of the new service will depart from Shanghai on April 16th
Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Stock Exchange list Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. OOCL headquartered in Hong Kong, is an international container transportation and logistics service provider. Linking Asia, Europe, North America, the Mediterranean, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Australia/New Zealand, the company offers transportation services to all major east/west trading economies of the world. OOCL is one of the leading international carriers serving China, providing the full range of logistics and transportation services throughout the country. It is also an industry leader in the use of information technology and e-commerce to manage the entire cargo process. Website: www.oocl.com
Founded in 1965, Wan Hai Lines is the largest Intra-Asia container liner, with most intensive coverage and most complete service network from the Intra-Asia trade. Its continuous efforts to upgrade its fleet and equipment, expand service coverage and enhance information technology have ensured its customers a high level of service quality.
With expanded service network to the Middle-East and US West Coast to accommodate further customer needs for the past 3 years, Wan Hai currently operates 57 full-container vessels, with a total capacity over 67,880 TEU, and has a container fleet over 170,000TEU. In 2001, Wan Hai Lines registered an annual lifting of 1,803,250 TEU. Website: www.wanhai.com.tw
