WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN ENHANCES U.S. EAST COAST/AUSTRALASIA SERVICE

WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN ENHANCES U.S. EAST COAST/AUSTRALASIA SERVICE

   Wallenius Wilhelmsen will provide roll-on/roll-off and non-containerized cargo shippers with two regularly scheduled sailings a month from the U.S. East Coast to Australia/New Zealand.

   The port rotation for the service is Saint John, New Brunswick; Baltimore; Savannah, Ga.; Manzanillo, Panama; Papeete; Auckland; Sydney; and Melbourne. Calls at Fremantle, Saint John, and Papeete are monthly calls, the carrier said.

   “This new service greatly increases Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s car-carrying capacity in this trade,” the carrier said.

   Last year, Wallenius Wilhelmsen converted the on-deck container capacity on four of its container/ro-ro vessels to covered deck space. Four of the five covered decks are mostly for cars while the fifth is generally for ro/ro cargo.

   Wallenius Wilhelmsen also provides service to Australia/New Zealand from the U.S. Gulf and West Coast ports of Galveston, Texas, and Long Beach, Calif. Cargo is relayed at Manzanillo for direct service to Australia/New Zealand.