The new service – China Saigon Indonesia Services (CSI) – will give direct connections between Chinese ports and Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta and Semerang rather than shippers having to tranship their cargoes, MANA correspondent reported.
K Line is deploying four 2,500 teu capacity vessels on the service.
The service will call Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Ho Chi Minh – Jakarta – Semarang – Xiamen – Qingdao, with the first sailing from Qingdao on 26 December.