TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today
announced the opening of a new route called JTV that will provide direct
links between Ho Chi Minh City and major ports in Japan. The move is part
of MOLfs plans to enhance containerized service in the booming intra-Asia
cargo trade.
The new JTV service will be operated through a space charter with Hong
Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL). Along with our
CBC service, MOL will offer two weekly direct services from Ho Chi Minh
City in southern Vietnam to Japan, as well as connections to Osaka and
Kobe.
E Rotation
Ho Chi Minh City (Mon/Tue) - Tokyo (Mon/Tue) - Yokohama (Tue/Tue) - Osaka
(Wed/Thu) - Kobe (Thu/Thu)
E Start of Service
M/V Sunset Bay, departing Ho Chi Minh City on December 4, 2006
Transit Time between Vietnam and Japan (including JTV route)
| Departing Ho Chi Minh City (Direct service) |
| Tokyo |
6 days |
Osaka |
8 days |
| Yokohama |
7 days |
Kobe |
9 days |
| Nagoya |
6 days |
|
|
Departing Haiphong (connecting at Hong Kong) |
| Tokyo |
7 days |
Osaka |
7 days |
| Yokohama |
8 days |
Kobe |
7 days |
| Shimizu |
8 days |
|
|
| Nagoya |
9 days |
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[Reference] (Current CBC service)
Bangkok (Wed/Thu) - Laem Chabang (Thu/Thu) - Ho Chi Minh City (Sat/Sun)
- Nagoya (Sat/Sat) - Tokyo (Sun/Sun) - Yokohama (Sun/Mon) - Shanghai (Wed/Thu)
- Laem Chabang (Tue/Wed) - Bangkok (Wed/Thu)
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