RCL to cooperate with Beibu Gulf International Port Group

BANGKOK's Regional Container Lines (RCL) has signed a "friendly agreement" with Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group to promote cooperation through the launch of a new container line service to ASEAN ports.

The signing of the cooperation agreement comes on the sidelines of the 5th Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Cooperation Forum held on August 12.

RCL said in a statement: "Benefiting from existing ASEAN shipping networks, RCL will strengthen cooperation with Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group to expedite launching a new service ex Beibu Gulf to the main ports within ASEAN."

RCL started with a direct service form Fangcheng Port to ports within ASEAN via Singapore in 2008 during the period of global financial crisis. This paved the way for the construction of a regional transportation network, it said.

The carrier believes a "dumb-bell logistics system, based on the container shipping trunk line between Beibu Gulf and Singapore, equipped with the land transportation network between south west China and Beibu Gulf, together with the feeder network between Singapore and ASEAN ports, is an ideal option for the integrated logistics system between south west China and ASEAN countries."
(Source:www.schednet.com)