Yang Ming to launch new Korea-Taiwan-Hong Kong service

TAIWAN's Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp (YM) is to launch a new Korea-Taiwan-Hong Kong (loop code: KTH) service starting August 13, 2017.

The KTH service is jointly operated by YM, T S Lines Co, Ltd (TSL) and Korea Marine Transport Co, Ltd (KMTC) with a total of two container vessels, each with a nominal capacity of 1,800 TEU, London's Loadstar reported.

With a round voyage taking 14 days, the calling port rotation of the service is Inchon, Pusan, Kwangyang, Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung and Inchon.

Besides the KTH service, YM provides another four loops covering the Korean market, including Pan Asia Service (dubbed PAS service), China-Thailand II Service (dubbed CT2 service), Japan-Taiwan-Vietnam Service (dubbed JTV service), and Pan Asia Service III (dubbed PA3 service).

YM continuously strengthens its Intra-Asia service network and provides customers with better and more complete delivery services, the company said.