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June 19, 2002
MOL joins APL West Asia Express Service
From June 2002, MOL will join APL's West
Asia Express service (WAX). The new WAX service
will deploy five (5) over-panamax vessels
of 4700 TEU type, replacing the current 4000
TEU type ships deployed in this service.
APL will operate four (4) ships (APL Qingdao,
APL Chiwan, APL Ningbo, APL Dubai) and MOL
will operate one (1) ship (MOL Maas). MOL
names this new service "CMI" Container
Service of Middle East and India
CMI service port rotation and schedule are:
Kaohsiung (Fri-Sat), Pusan (Mon-Tue), Qingdao
(Wed-Wed), Shanghai (Thu-Fri), Ningbo (Sat-Sat),
Hong Kong (Mon-Mon), Singapore (Thu-Fri),
Jebel Ali (Fri-Sat), Fujairah (Sat-Sun),
Nhava Sheva (Tue-Wed), Singapore (Mon-Tue),
Kaohsiung (Fri). Transit time highlights
include; To Jebel Ali, from Qingdao 16 days,
from Ningbo 13 days, from Hong Kong 11 days
on its westbound. From Fujairah to Singapore
8 days, From Nhava Sheva, to Singapore 5
days, to Kaohsiung 9 days on its eastbound.
The first sailing of the CMI commenced with
the "APL Qingdao" voyage 001W,
which departed from Pusan on June 4, 2002.
"MOL is pleased to join APL's West Asia
Express service which is a well reputed and
established service for West Asia. It provides
our customers not only good coverage of the
emerging China market for the Middle East
trade, but it also provides them with direct
service from China to Nhava Sheva, the number
one gate port of India," said Hideyuki
Sadamatsu, Managing Director, Mitsui O.S.K.
Lines (Asia) Ltd. "Furthermore, CMI
offers our customers excellent connections
from China to Europe on its westbound leg
and from Gulf/India to North America on its
eastbound leg via Singapore connection,"
Sadamatsu concluded
MOL is one of the world's largest multi-modal
shipping companies, operating a diverse network
of container shipping and logistics services
around the globe. MOL is a founding carrier
partner in GT Nexus, an e-logistics solutions
company. Please visit the company's website
at www.molpower.com.
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