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Combining Yangon feeders, multimart Vladivostok-Myanmar MCC loop is born
MAERSK's intra-Asia arm, MCC Transport, is to offer the first container service directly linking Russia, Korea and China to Myanmar by combining one of its two Straits to Yangon feeder services to create a revamped version of the intra-Asia IA-5 loop, a new 10,500-mile leg to eight countries.
The extended IA-5 calls at Shanghai, Ningbo, Busan, Vladivostok (Fish Port), Vladivostok (Dalzavod), Shanghai, Ningbo, Singapore, Port Kelang, Yangon, Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Kuantan, Sihanoukville, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, returning to Shanghai.
It turns in eight weeks with eight ships of 1,100 TEU, including the two ships so far employed on the RG-1, reported Alphaliner.
It said the service is using small ships to operate the long loop as it combines different services, including several local feeder loops which each serve ports with severe draft restrictions, such as Yangon and Sihanoukville.
Furthermore, it provides multimarket shortsea links both in south east Asia, China, Korea and Russia, on top of direct links between these markets and Myanmar or Cambodia without the need to transship cargo.
Another aspect is that the long rotation, which features a Vladivostok call at its northern turning point, allowing a high number of vessels to take advantage of Russia's low bunker prices and thus gain a competitive advantage.
The extended IA-5 calls at Shanghai, Ningbo, Busan, Vladivostok (Fish Port), Vladivostok (Dalzavod), Shanghai, Ningbo, Singapore, Port Kelang, Yangon, Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Kuantan, Sihanoukville, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, returning to Shanghai.
It turns in eight weeks with eight ships of 1,100 TEU, including the two ships so far employed on the RG-1, reported Alphaliner.
It said the service is using small ships to operate the long loop as it combines different services, including several local feeder loops which each serve ports with severe draft restrictions, such as Yangon and Sihanoukville.
Furthermore, it provides multimarket shortsea links both in south east Asia, China, Korea and Russia, on top of direct links between these markets and Myanmar or Cambodia without the need to transship cargo.
Another aspect is that the long rotation, which features a Vladivostok call at its northern turning point, allowing a high number of vessels to take advantage of Russia's low bunker prices and thus gain a competitive advantage.
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