Joint Asia Europe shipping services

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and CMACGM have concluded an agreement on the CMACGM’s FAL1 service whereby UASC will deploy 2 x 13,500 Teu vessels. The total number of vessels deployed in the FAL1/AEC2 service will increase from 10 to 11 vessels.

The port coverage is as follows: Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Nansha, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Yantian, Port Kelang, Tangier, Southampton, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Malta, Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Ningbo.

UASC will in addition through slot swap arrangements also take up slots on FAL3/AEC7. The port coverage is as follows: Dalian, Xingang, Pusan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Vung Tau, Singapore, Port Kelang, Le Havre, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Southampton, Jeddah, Port Kelang, Singapore, Dalian.

The cooperation will commence from Asia as from the last week of February 2012.

UASC remains committed to offering a wider network of fast and reliable services with highly competitive transit times to cater for its valuable customers growing demand around the globe.

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) was founded in 1976 jointly by the six Shareholding States of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with offices in more than 20 countries around the world.

UASC is a major container shipping player in the Middle East region and adjacent markets, covering over 200 ports and destinations worldwide.

UASC offers containerized and conventional cargo transportation, temperature controlled cargo and value added services to a diversified global client-base, covering the Middle East, Europe, Mediterranean, Indian Sub-continent, Far East, Australia, West Africa and The Americas.

More information could be obtained from www.uasc.net