Date:16/06/2006 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/06/16/stories/2006061603720200.htm

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Our Bureau

Chennai , June 15

Wan Hai Lines has begun a China-West Asia direct service linking Tuticorin to Singapore and China, according to Tuticorin Container Terminal (TCT), the private container terminal operated by PSA Sical Terminals Ltd.

Under the service, the first ship Wan Hai 302 arrived at the TCT on Wednesday. This is the third direct mainline service to call at Tuticorin after the India-US Express, which commenced last month, and the round-the-world mainline service which started in 2004, said a PSA Sical press release.

The CMS service would see the deployment of six vessels of capacities ranging from 2,200 to 2,400 TEUs.

The port rotation would be Tuticorin, Port Klang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dalian, Tianjin, Qungdao, Xing Ang, Ningbo, Shekou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Klang, Jebel Ali, Bander Abbas, Karachi and Tuticorin, the release said.