RI-African shipping route

RI-African shipping route

JAKARTA (JP): Taiwanese carrier Kien Hung Shipping launched on
Saturday a new fortnightly direct shipping service between
Indonesia and the African continent, which was marked by the
docking of a 1.354 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) capacity
vessel, at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT).

JICT said on Monday that the service was the first direct
shipping link between the two areas.

"The new service offers new opportunities for both Indonesian
and African shipping companies to benefit from it," JICT
president WS Wirjawan was quoted in a statement.

According to JICT, four vessels belonging to Kien Hung, namely
the MV Bernhard Schulte, the MV Hansa Centaur, the M.V. London
Tower and the MV Westernever, would depart from JICT on alternate
Fridays for Port Klang, Colombo, Durban, Cape Town, Lagos,
Cotonou, Tema and Abidjan before returning via Hong Kong to JICT.

Kien Hung technical advisor Paul Haegeman said that the
service would provide new direct and faster transit for cargo
between the two areas.(03)