UASC introduces new services for Asia-Europe trade
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has introduced its new Asia-Europe Network with three new services (AEC1, AEC3, AEC4), and two enhanced services (AEC8, AEC9). These services will broaden UASC’s market coverage providing direct services to additional Asian and North European ports whereby UASC will provide more efficient and high quality services to its existing and new customers, UASC said Wednesday in a press release.
This new setup is developed through a Vessel Sharing Agreement with China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and slot exchange arrangements with Hanjin Shipping and Evergreen Marine Corp.
The port rotations are as follows:
- AEC1 (New service, vessels deployed: 10 x 8,500 – 9,500) starting 28th April, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: Xin Los Angeles - 0103W) : Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Port Kelang, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Port Kelang, Nansha, Qingdao
- AEC3 (New service, vessels deployed: 10 x 14,000) starting 17th April, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: Thalassa Pistis - 0002W) : Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Tanjung Pelepas, Piraeus, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Piraeus, Tanjung Pelepas, Kaohsiung, Shanghai
- AEC4 (New service, vessels deployed: 10 x 8,000 – 10,000) starting 15th April, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: YM Uniformity - 009W): Xiamen, Nansha, Hong Kong, Yantian, Singapore, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Xiamen
- AEC8 (Enhanced service, vessels deployed: 11 x 13,500 – 14,000) starting 8th May, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: CSCL Mercury - 0029W) : Ningbo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Yantian, Port Kelang, Port Said East, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Le Havre, Jeddah, Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Port Kelang, Shekou, Ningbo
- AEC9 (Enhanced service, vessels deployed: 11 x 13,000) starting 20th April, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: Hanjin United Kingdom - 0014W): Qingdao, Kwangyang, Pusan, Shanghai, Yantian, Singapore, Algeciras, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Algeciras, Singapore, Yantian, Qingdao.
UASC also said it plans to roll out its the new Asia – North Europe Network.
Dubai-headquartered United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) was established in Kuwait in July 1976 jointly by six shareholding Arab states of the Persian Gulf (Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and U.A.E). The UASC fleet of 52 ships operates more than 18 services, connecting the Middle East to Europe, the Mediterranean, Indian Sub-continent, Far East, West Africa and the Americas. UASC network covers over 200 ports and destinations worldwide.
