The following customer advisory was published by Swire Shipping:
Swire Shipping is delighted to announce that effective from October, we will be providing weekly sailings linking Asia and the South Pacific. The service will provide access to an extended range of ports in North Asia and the Pacific which will enable our customers to develop supply chain efficiencies and greater cost control.
Key Enhancements:
• Weekly departures from Busan to seven ports in the South Pacific
o Port Vila, Noumea, Lautoka, Suva, Nuku’alofa, Apia, Pago Pago.
• New direct services to Tahiti every fortnight from Asia.
• Access to a new range of direct ports in Asia.
• Double the frequency to Honiara, Solomon Islands from the Far East.
• Halving of the transit time to Santo, Vanuatu from Asia on some sailings.
Swire Shipping is proud of our long association with the South Pacific where we have over 100 years of trading history with this core region in our network. We offer an unprecedented range of services connecting this key trading region directly with Asia, Australia, New Zealand, USA. Our ships cover a comprehensive port range and through our wider network we provide wide coverage and global solutions.
This new service will commence effective from New Guinea Chief v1817s and full details will be available in our commercial schedules this week. We appreciate your continued support and our team is ready and available to assist you with any inquiries about these service enhancements.
Source: Swire Shipping (JB)
Source: Swire Shipping