Original news was published on 8 October, 2014
TAIWAN's Evergreen is to take slots from China United Lines (CUL) to add a direct link between Singapore, Haiphong and Ho Chi Minh City.
China United Lines itself takes slots on the Singapore-Vietnam string of the Straits-Vietnam-Malaysia (SE2/SVS) weekly service of Yang Ming and OEL, reports Alphaliner.
This operation calls at Singapore, Port Kelang, Singapore, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, but CUL and Evergreen are not involved on the Port Kelang segment.
The service uses two ships, the 1,803-TEU YM Inventive and the 1,500-TEU YM Heights, both of which are operated by Yang Ming. The loop turns in two weeks.
Evergreen will brand this new service 'South East Asia II' (SEA 2).
The SEA 2 will kick off with the sailing of the YM Inventive from Haiphong on October 16.
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