A new joint shipping service from Northeast Asia to Australia and New Zealand will be launched in early November from Shanghai.
CMA CGM, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), OOCL and PIL will cooperate on a weekly 49-day service from Shanghai to Tauranga, covering Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia and several ports in China.
“The reshaped rotation in Asia will not only focus on Central and Northeast Asia, but will also improve our offer from South East Asia on the southboung leg,” Xavier Eiglier, CMA CGM vice president Antilles-Guyana and Indian Ocean, Oceania Lines, said in a company statement.
Eiglier said that the joint service would see a healthy growth for CMA CGM, providing a direct and reliable route for its customers.
The new service will replace the Anzex/NZN service run by CMA CGM OOCL, providing seven vessels each with a capacity of 4,250 TEU, three of which will be provided by CMA CGM, two by OOCL, and one each by CSCL and PIL.
