Wan Hai Lines has announced the launch of China-India Service III “CI3 service” on January 23, 2018. This new service will help to expand its network by providing direct connection from East China to East India. It will also help to complement the line’s existing two other East India services with better port coverage and frequency.
The service will be jointly operated with COSCO, IAL, OOCL and X-Press Feeders by using 5 vessels with nominal capacity of 4,250 TEUs. Wan Hai Lines will deploy 2 vessels, while COSCO and IAL will operate 1 vessel each, and OOCL and X-Press Feeders will jointly operate 1 vessel.
CI3’s maiden voyage will commence from Shanghai on January 23, 2018 and arrive in Chennai on February 8. It will be a 35-day fixed round trip schedule.
The port rotation will be: Shanghai – Ningbo – Hong Kong – Shekou – Singapore – Port Klang (West Port) – Port Klang (North Port) – Chennai – Kattupalli – Port Klang (North Port) – Singapore – Shanghai
Wan Hai Lines expressed confidence that customers will be further benefited by better service frequency and coverage in China/South-East Asia and India.
