Freight Transport

Evergreen Line improves intra-Asia routes; MSC expands Dragon Express service port rotation; Wan Hai and Interasia launch Japan-Thailand Express service

Effective September 15th, Evergreen Line will launch the new JVT service on the growing Intra-Asia trade

The JVT service will be operated independently by Evergreen The carrier will deploy four 900 TEU containerships with the following 28-day rotation: Nagoya > Toyko > Osaka > Kobe > Keelung > Kaohsiung > Hong Kong > Yantian > Ho Chih Min City > Bangkok > Laem Chabang > Hong Kong > Kaohsiung > Taichung > Taipei > Nagoya

Effective September 13th, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) will expand the port rotation of its Asia - Mediterranean Dragon Express service by adding Qingdao to the port rotation

The Dragon Express service currently deploys eleven 8,875 TEU vessels, calling at Busan > Ningbo > Shanghai > Fuzhou > Shenzhen-Yantian > Hong Kong > Shenzhen-Chiwan > Singapore > Gioia Tauro > Naples > La Spezia > Marseilles-Fos > Barcelona > Valencia > Jeddah > Salalah > Jebel Ali > Singapore > Shenzhen-Chiwan > Hong Kong > Dalian > Tianjin > Busan

Wan Hai Lines (WHL) and its Japanese affiliate Interasia Line (IAL) will launch a new Japan - Thailand express service on September 13th, deploying three 800 - 1,200 TEU ships: two from WHL and one from IAL

Branded the Nihon Thailand Express by WHL and Super Thai Express by IAL, the new service will directly connect the Japanese Kanto ports of Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya to Bangkok and Laem Chabang