THE Xiamen Ocean Gate Container Terminal (XOCT) is offering a new international shipping service to Europe with Yang Ming's vessel 8,626-TEU YM Uniformity making its maiden voyage to Guangzhou Nansha, reports Xinhua.
The terminal serves 13 shipping services as of now, including seven international shipping lines and six domestic trade lanes.
The service will call at Xiamen, Guangzhou-Nansha, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, Suez, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Suez and Xiamen, deploying ten ships in the 9,000 TEU range and calling at the XOCT on Tuesdays.
The terminal's deputy general manager Zhang Hongqing said the new service could bring an extra 16,000 TEU at month to Xiamen.
It would also further promote trade with Europe and accelerate to develop itself to be an international shipping centre in China's southeast region.
Container volume through the Xiamen Ocean Gate Container Terminal is expected to reach 800,000 TEU in 2014.
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