Three lines launch new joint India, China service

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By end of October, NYK, Evergreen Marine Corp. and Hanjin Shipping will launch a new joint service, the West India North Asia (WIN) Service, connecting two of the world’s fastest growing economies, India and China.

The service is named ICS (Indian-China Service) and its frequency will be 35 days round fixed weekly service.

Hanjin Shipping and Evergreen will be deploying one 2,500TEU class each and NYK, three. Vessel Deployment will be 5 x 3,000 TEU vessels (NYK x 3, EMC x 1, HJS x 1)

Port rotation is: Pusan (Sat/Mon) – Shanghai (Tue/Wed) – Ningbo (Thu/Fri) – Shekou (Sun/Mon) – Singapore (Fri/Fri) – Nhava Sheva (Thu/Fri) – Pipavav (Fri/Sat) – Colombo (Tue/Tue) – Singapore (Sat/Sun) – Hong Kong (Wed/Thu) – Pusan (Sat/Mon)

Voyage will commence from Pusan on October 289.

NYK said it will continue to provide services that best meet its customers’ requirements.

“This is our third service dedicated to Far East/China - India trade in addition to our existing FIX (Far East – India Express) and HGX (Hyper Galex Express). With these dedicated services, we are confident that our market presence will grow along with the cargo demand in the region,” Hanjin said.