KIEN HUNG STARTS ASIA/INDIAN SUBCONTINENT/AFRICA LINK
Taiwanese ocean carrier Kien Hung is starting a direct, fortnightly service connecting Asia and the Indian subcontinent to South and West Africa.
The 1,354-TEU vessel “Bernhard Schulte” will commence the Far East West Africa service when it departs from Hong Kong on June 3.
The fortnightly FEWA service will use five ships and call at Hong Kong, Jakarta, Port Kelang, Colombo, Durban, Cape Town, Lagos, Cotonou, Lome, Tema, Abidjan, Cape Town, Durban, Colombo, Port Kelang, Jakarta and Hong Kong.
Transit times for the new FEWA service are posted on ComPairData, the global online shipping database at http://www.compairdata.com.