OOCL_TaichungHong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has replaced two of its feeder vessels calling Philippine ports.

In an advisory, OOCL Philippines said the carrier’s feeder vessel Annette-S. v.008S will be replaced by OOCL Taichung v.270N. The vessel is utilized in OOCL’s Philippines Feeder (PHF) 2 service with a rotation of Manila-Da Chan Bay-Hong Kong. The vessel was to have arrived in Manila on May 31 and docked in Hong Kong on June 4.

OOCL also recently replaced Willi v.025E, which was phased out after full discharge in Kaohsiung on May 26. The replacement, PHF-Annette-S. v.009E, called Manila on May 29 with adhoc call at Batangas port on May 31. It arrived in Kaohsiung on June 2. Annette-S will handle cargoes in OOCL’s PHF service, which calls Manila (South Harbor)-Manila (North Harbor)-Kaohsiung.

PHF and PHF 2 are part of OOCL’s 55 service routes in the intra-Asia trade.

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