Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is introducing in mid-January a Japan-Vietnam loop as part of its strategy to enlarge its intra-Asia network.
OOCL said it is launching the Japan Vietnam Service (KTX7) to “expand our current service portfolio by providing more comprehensive network coverage of the markets between Japan and Vietnam.”
OOCL currently offers six loops in the KTX suite of products, connecting Japan to Southeast Asian markets, and the KTX7 will extend the ocean container liner’s market reach by adding a call to Shimizu in Japan.
OOCL said that, together with its recently launched intra-Asia JCV service, the KTX7 will also offer very competitive transit times on two direct services from Haiphong in Vietnam to Japan as well as from Xiamen, China to Japan, enhancing the overall connectivity of the markets being served.
The launch of KTX7 will be via the first sailing from Hong Kong on January 14 with the following port rotation: Osaka, Kobe, Shimizu, Tokyo, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Haiphong, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, and Osaka.
