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Lines make Asia/Black Sea port and capacity changes PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 09 February 2012 06:26
PR News 8.2.12

China Shipping (CSCL), Yangming, K Line, Pacific International Lines (PIL)
and Wan Hai are to make port and capacity changes on their jointly-operated
Asia/Black Sea service, known variously as the ABX/CBX/SB1/SBS service, from
mid-March

Existing east and westbound calls at Damietta will be dropped, and replaced
by a new call at Piraeus that will slot in as first inbound Med call from
Asia

In addition, existing weekly capacity which presently runs at around 4,500
teu, will increase to around 5,300 teu as post-panamax vessels are deployed
to replace the smaller vessels

Under the new port rotation the service will cover : Shanghai, Ningbo,
Shekou, Singapore, Port Kelang, Piraeus, Istanbul, Constantza, Ilichevsk,
Port Kelang, Shanghai