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A new direct service to the Far East for the Swedish import and export industry has been announced. The new service includes a weekly call to the Port of Gothenburg, commencing on April 18.
Claes Sundmark, sales director at the Port of Gothenburg said: "We have worked for several years to attract more direct calls for Swedish industry to key markets in the Far East. This news is extremely welcome and very positive."
The new route has emerged from a newly established alliance, G6. The alliance is made up of APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL.
The new route is Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Tangier, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Gothenburg, Rotterdam, Jeddah, Singapore, Shekou, Hong Kong, Shanghai.
The vessels will call at APM Terminals Gothenburg – the Port of Gothenburg container terminal – once a week commencing on April 18. The first vessel to arrive will be the 320m-long APL Finland with a capacity of 8,110 TEUs.
Imports will be mainly consumer goods, such as clothes, electronics and furniture. Exports will include automotive parts, sawn wood products, industrial components, steel and paper.
Up to now, Sweden has had one direct service to the Far East – Maersk Line, which calls the Port of Gothenburg once a week with its very largest container vessels. From next week, there will be two competing alternatives. The Port of Gothenburg now has seven direct deep-sea services in total.
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