LINES UPGRADE SUBCONTINENT SERVICES

In a move designed to significantly enhance services on the China -Indian Subcontinent trade, Evergreen Line is teaming up with K Line, COSCO, Wan Hai and PIL to offer two new joint services from early September. Both will provide direct calls at Karachi and Mundra and will improve on current transit times.

The PMX (Pakistan Mundra Express) service will utilise six ships of 4,200 teu capacity and call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Singapore, Port Klang, Karachi, Mundra, Colombo, and Singapore once more, before returning to Qingdao.

The new PIX (Pakistan India Express) will employ five ships of 4,200 teu size, commencing with a sailing from Jiangyin, near Fuzhou, on the 8th of September This service will call at Hong Kong, Nansha, Shekou, Singapore, Port Klang, Colombo, Karachi, Mundra, Port Klang and then back to Jiangyin.

Evergreen states that in addition to providing a more efficient shipping service between China and Northwest India as well as Pakistan, the pair of regional services will also further expand Evergreen Line’s global service network by improving connectivity through its transhipment hubs in Singapore, Port Klang and Colombo.