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Several foreign container shipping lines are stepping up their coverage of ports in the Indian subcontinent, reported the Hindu.
Hong Kong-based CSAV Norasia, a subsidiary of Compania Sud Ameriacna de Vapores, Latin America's largest shipping line with headquarters in Chile, will shortly start a direct container service between the subcontinent, the Far East and the US East Coast by expanding the port rotation of its FE-ISC (Far East-India Sub-continent) Indus service.
Six more ships will be added to a fleet of five, of capacities ranging from 2,800 TEUs to 3,500 TEUs currently deployed on the Indus service.
The service will be converted into ISC-FE-USWC (India Subcontinent, Far East, China and US West Coast) service with transhipment and renamed Asiam (Asia-America) service, according to shipping industry sources.
Asiam will provide a direct call to Vietnam on its east-bound leg connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Long Beach.
The full Asiam port rotation will be Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Karachi, Colombo, Port Klang, Ho Chi Minh City, Shenzhen, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen, Yantian, Port Kelang, Colombo.
The service will commence with vessel MV Pago from Shanghai on September 17 and will follow a weekly rotation.
Emirates Shipping Line has announced its participation in the ASEAN-Gulf- Indian subcontinent service run by Evergreen, Simatech Shipping and OOCL between Thailand, West Asia and the India subcontinent.
Emirates will have slots on the service that will serve Thailand and India subcontinent with additional direct links to West Asia. The port rotation will be Laem Chabang, Sinagpore, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Colombo, Jebel Ali, Karachi, Mundra, Colombo,, Port Klang, Singapore and Laem Chabang. The service is the only direct link between Thailand and West Asia.
The participation of Emirates in the service will start on September 17 with HS Challenger's departure from Thailand, the sources added.
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