The core shipping activity of the A.P.Moller - Maersk Group, Maersk Line, has announced the introduction of a direct service between southern Vietnam and the US West Coast with its premier Trans-Pacific 6 string (TP6).
The first sailing will be with the Mathilde Maersk on May 12.
The service will call at the SP-PSA International Terminal in Vung Tau, a deepwater facility located 80km south of HCM City near the mouth of the Cai Mep – Thi Vai river.
It would have a Wednesday sailing at Vung Tau, providing an optimal Monday evening cargo closing for exporters, and a Sunday arrival into the APM Terminals facility in Los Angeles, California, with a transit time of just 18 days, a company press release said.
Westbound port rotation for imports from the US West Coast will remain unchanged.
“Our US customers have requested this direct call and the time is right to include a direct service from Vietnam in our network,” said Bill Woodhour, North America Sales Manager for Maersk Line. “This call will compliment our other Trans-Pacific products.”
Maersk Line’s P6 service offers products covering the Far East and US West Coast. With a fleet of 14 vessels, ports of call eastbound will include Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia; Vung Tau, Vietnam; Yantian, China; Hong Kong, China and Los Angeles, California.
The westbound rotation will be Los Angeles, California; Yokohama, Japan; Nagoya, Japan; Shanghai, China; Ningbo, China; Xiamen, China; Hong Kong, China; Yantian, China, and Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia./.
The first sailing will be with the Mathilde Maersk on May 12.
The service will call at the SP-PSA International Terminal in Vung Tau, a deepwater facility located 80km south of HCM City near the mouth of the Cai Mep – Thi Vai river.
It would have a Wednesday sailing at Vung Tau, providing an optimal Monday evening cargo closing for exporters, and a Sunday arrival into the APM Terminals facility in Los Angeles, California, with a transit time of just 18 days, a company press release said.
Westbound port rotation for imports from the US West Coast will remain unchanged.
“Our US customers have requested this direct call and the time is right to include a direct service from Vietnam in our network,” said Bill Woodhour, North America Sales Manager for Maersk Line. “This call will compliment our other Trans-Pacific products.”
Maersk Line’s P6 service offers products covering the Far East and US West Coast. With a fleet of 14 vessels, ports of call eastbound will include Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia; Vung Tau, Vietnam; Yantian, China; Hong Kong, China and Los Angeles, California.
The westbound rotation will be Los Angeles, California; Yokohama, Japan; Nagoya, Japan; Shanghai, China; Ningbo, China; Xiamen, China; Hong Kong, China; Yantian, China, and Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia./.
