TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines is following shifting global supply lines by introducing a new freight connection between Vietnam and the east coast of India, reports said Wednesday.
The service will be launched on April 20 in response to growing trade between the three countries, per CNA. Four ships with an intake capacity of 2,200 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units will ply the route.
The journey between Cat Lai near Ho Chi Minh City and Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and back will take 28 days, according to the company. The ships will also dock at Laem Chabang in Thailand, Singapore, Visakhapatnam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, and Port Kelang near the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
Wan Hai said the new regular service would help clients in Southeast Asia and India with faster and more intensive shipping arrangements.
As the trade war between the US and China is unlikely to abate, supply lines are going to leave China at a faster rate, increasing the need for more convenient means of freight transportation. As such, cargo operators will pay more attention to Southeast Asia and South Asia, two areas targeted by Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy.
