Ocean carriers NYK Line, Hamburg S┨d and Maersk Line said today they have reached an agreement to operate a joint service between Asia, which will run to Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, and South America.
The companies said this service, which will go live in mid-April, is designed to provide shippers with improved efficiency, quality, and service.
The new service, which will be comprised of two lines with quicker and more modern vessels, will replace the three lines currently operated by the carriers: one is operated by Maersk and the other two are run by Hamburg Sud and NYK.
The first new offering will be made up of ten 3,500-TEU (Twenty-foot equivalent) vessels, with six of them provided by Hamburg Sid and the other four from Maersk. This line will import and export freight from Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Sepetiba, Santos, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Paranagua, Port Elizabeth, and Durban.
The second new offering will be made up of ten 2,500-TEU vessels, with NYK providing six, Maersk providing three, and Hamburg Sud providing one. This line will import and export freight from Nagoya, Yokohama, Pusan, Hong Kong, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Durban, Santos, Itajai, Santos, Sepetiba, and Hong Kong.
The carriers said in a press release that this new service will combine an extensive scope of direct calls with quick transit times between major markets in Asia, South Africa, and the East Coast of South America. And they added that the overall capacity produced by the new service is approximately equivalent to the capacity currently produced by the current one.
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