UASC reshuffles India-Pakistan-Red Sea loops

UNITED Arab Shipping Co (UASC) has restructured its local services covering Pakistan, India and the Red Sea that act as feeder services for the carrier's line haul network.

As a result the carrier now runs a UAE-Pakistan-India loop (IMC 5) and a Red Sea service centred on Jeddah (IMC 6). Each loop offers weekly sailings and uses two ships of 2,200 TEU.

The IMC 5 and IMC 6 services supersede the IMR butterfly loops, which were launched in January last year, reports Alphaliner.

It said the former IMR service used six 2,200-TEU vessels that made port calls at Khor Fakkan, Port Sultan Qaboos, Karachi-Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, Karachi-PICT, Pipavav, Mumbai-Nhava Sheva, Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Yanbu, Jeddah, Aqaba, Sokhna, Jeddah, Port Sudan, Hodeidah, Jebel Ali, Khor Fakkan.

The port rotation for the IMC-5 service is: Khor Fakkan, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, Karachi, Pipavav, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, returning to Khor Fakkan.

The port rotation for the IMC-6 service is: Jeddah, Hodeidah (1/2 - A), Port Sudan (1/2 - B), Sokhna, Aqaba, Yanbu, and back to Jeddah.

Vessels deployed on the IMC-6 service call at the ports of Hodeidah and Sudan on alternate rotations, every 14 days.

Source: www.schednet.com