Contship Containerlines will offer three new slot charters, which will supplement its presence in the growing export trades from Australia and New
Zealand to various key markets across Asia. Contship Containerlines, which is part of the
CP Ships group, is now offering Australasian shippers three new loops:
String 1 operates from Australia/New Zealand to India
String 2 from Australia/New Zealand to South East Asia
String 3 from Australia/New Zealand to East Asia/China.
Australian shippers are being offered sailings from Brisbane, Sydney,
Melbourne,
Adelaide and Fremantle.
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From New Zealand, Contship Containerlines now provides services on the
different
strings from Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Nelson and Timaru.
With a total of 15 sailings a month, Contship Containerlines has
multiple
options and some of the quickest transits in the various trade lanes.
Typical
transit times from Melbourne and Fremantle to Singapore are 11 and 5
days
respectively.
New service options into India and China will allow Australasian
exporters
to
take advantage of these growth markets, with direct port calls into
Mumbai
and
Nhava Sheva in India; as well as Qingdao, Xingang and Shanghai in
China.