Wallenius Wilhelms announces new Intra Asia and Asia-Middle East services

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has announced the introduction of two new vessel schedules to service the intra-Asia and Asia ?Middle East markets, beginning this year.
These services have been developed in recognition of the importance of growing trade to the Middle East, as well as similar increases in the Intra-Asia market.
?Our long history in the Asia region and dedication to the development of new services is evidence of our continued commitment to the Intra-Asia market,?said President & Head of Region Asia, Anders Boman.
?We have similar deep roots within the Asia-middle East trade, and recognize the potential for grown in infrastructure project cargo on this route. As a result, we have developed these two new services to support the Asia and Middle East market.?
The new Intra-Asia schedule begins in Singapore with port calls including Laem Chabang, Hong Kong, Keelung, Shanghai, Tianjin, Inchon, Masan, Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama, returning via Shanghai then onto Laem Chabang en route to Singapore.
From Singapore the Middle East service calls at Dubai and Dammam, with the opportunity for inducement calls to ports in Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan before returning to Singapore and continuing through Intra-Asia.
?The flexibility of our vessels in carrying RoRo project and general cargo allows for transport in both containers, as well as the ability to offer a non-containerised service where required. This, coupled with our schedule reliability, competitive rates and industy-recognised quality performance levels, ensures these new services will be of great value to our customer?s.
?The benefit will be clear to business looking to expand their trade throughout the Intra-Asia region and into the Middle East,?said Mr. Boman.