Taiwan-based Wan Hai Lines announced the expansion from July of its service network in the China-Vietnam/Thailand corridors through service restructuring and cooperation with a strategic partner.
In a statement, Wan Hai Lines said it is revamping its China-Vietnam-Thailand (CVT service), and will cooperate with Cosco Container Lines to offer the new joint N.PRC-Thailand service (CT1) and secure slots on Cosco’s E.PRC-Thailand service.
Wan Hai Lines’ independent CVT service will be restructured with effect from July 10, 2017 and turned into a China-Vietnam dedicated express service (CV1 service). The overhauled service will deploy three vessels of 1,200-TEU capacity, and have a port rotation of Shanghai–Qingdao–Xiamen–Hong Kong–Shekou–Da Nang–Ho Chi Minh–Shekou–Shanghai.
On the other hand, the new joint service with Cosco, to be named CT1 by WHL, will deploy three vessels with capacity of 2,100 TEUs. The service will launch from Dalian port on July 14, 2017 with this routing: Dalian–Tianjin–Qingdao–Hong Kong–Shekou–Laem Chabang–Hong Kong–Dalian.
Wan Hai has also secured slot exchange services with its partner, to be named CTV and CT2 by WHL, which will start in the middle of July 2017. The port rotation of each service is as follows:
CTV: Shanghai–Ningbo–Shantou–Hong Kong–Nansha–Laem Chabang– Bangkok–Ho Chi Minh–Hong Kong–Shanghai.
CT2: Laem Chabang–Nansha–Qingdao–Shanghai.
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