Yang Ming, InterAsia launch joint shipping service to Indonesia
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., one of Taiwan's leading container shippers, launched a joint service to Indonesia with InterAsia Lines Co. Ltd., CNA reports.
The opening of the new route, called the Taiwan-Indonesia service (TIS), is aimed at tapping into rising demand in the Indonesian market, according to Yang Ming Marine
The route will run from Kaohsiung in south Taiwan to Jakarta and back, with one stop at Keelung port in north Taiwan on the outgoing leg. The service is expected to take 14 days, speeding up the pace of cargo delivery between Taiwan and Indonesia.
Yang Ming Marine and InterAsia, a subsidiary of the Taiwan-based container shipping company Wan Hai Lines Ltd, have each assigned one 1,700 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessel to serve the new route.
Meanwhile, Yang Ming Marine has been working with Wan Hai Lines to launch a joint service from Bangkok in Thailand to Singapore, with stops in Laem Chabang in Thailand, Jakarta, and Port Kelang in Malaysia.
On the Thailand-Java-Singapore service (TJS), Yang Ming Marine said, it will share container space with Wan Hai Lines in a bid to expand its shipping network to Southeast Asia.
Currently, Yang Ming Marine operates a fleet of 87 vessels -- 52 of its own and 35 leased.
In November, the shipper announced that its board of directors had approved a proposal to build 16,000 TEU vessels, each of which will be almost double the capacity of the largest vessel it owns at present.
However, the company has not yet decided how many new ships it will build or when.
The opening of the new route, called the Taiwan-Indonesia service (TIS), is aimed at tapping into rising demand in the Indonesian market, according to Yang Ming Marine
The route will run from Kaohsiung in south Taiwan to Jakarta and back, with one stop at Keelung port in north Taiwan on the outgoing leg. The service is expected to take 14 days, speeding up the pace of cargo delivery between Taiwan and Indonesia.
Yang Ming Marine and InterAsia, a subsidiary of the Taiwan-based container shipping company Wan Hai Lines Ltd, have each assigned one 1,700 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessel to serve the new route.
Meanwhile, Yang Ming Marine has been working with Wan Hai Lines to launch a joint service from Bangkok in Thailand to Singapore, with stops in Laem Chabang in Thailand, Jakarta, and Port Kelang in Malaysia.
On the Thailand-Java-Singapore service (TJS), Yang Ming Marine said, it will share container space with Wan Hai Lines in a bid to expand its shipping network to Southeast Asia.
Currently, Yang Ming Marine operates a fleet of 87 vessels -- 52 of its own and 35 leased.
In November, the shipper announced that its board of directors had approved a proposal to build 16,000 TEU vessels, each of which will be almost double the capacity of the largest vessel it owns at present.
However, the company has not yet decided how many new ships it will build or when.
