South Korea's Hanjin Shipping is commencing new services covering the Far East, India and the Middle East from the beginning of November.
The carrier said in a statement that both its new Far East India Express (FIX) and Far East Middle East Express (FMX) services would replace its existing Far East India Middle East (FIM) service.
The new FIX service will deploy five 2,500TEU ships with two from Hanjin and the other three from partners KMTC and STX, with KMTC operating two and one provided by STX.
The port rotation for the FIX service is: Qingdao – Busan – Kwangyang – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore – Nhava Sheva – Penang- Singapore- Qingdao.
The FIX service "has been set up to cover the growing demand in India boosted by the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Korea and India back in August," Hanjin said.
As for the Far East Middle East Express (FMX) service, designed to target the Middle East, it will be co-operated by Hanjin, STX and Sinokor where partner carriers will deploy six 4,000TEU ships. Hanjin will provide four will STX and Sinokor will provide one each.
The port rotation for the FMX service is: Qingdao – Ulsan – Busan – Kwangyang – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shenzhen (Shekou) – Singapore – Bandar Abbas – Jebel Ali – Khor Fakkan – Karachi – Singapore – Qingdao.
Tracey Jia