Carriers cooperate on New Zealand/Singapore loop

MISC Berhad, MOL, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Orient Overseas Container Line, and Pacific International Lines Ltd. (PIL) will combine their NZM and NZS services into a single loop to be called NZX.

MOL said the upgrade is designed to offer higher quality service with coverage of five ports in New Zealand plus Brisbane, Australia. The service is slated to begin with a vessel departure from Singapore on June 2.

The service will be operated with five 2,800-TEU vessels, two from PIL and one each from MOL, NYK and OOCL. The new rotation includes fixed-day weekly port calls at Singapore, Port Kelang, Brisbane, Auckland, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Tauranga, Brisbane and Singapore. 

Source: Transportweekly