Four container liners start Asia-East Africa service

Evergreen Line, Wan Hai Lines, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Seacon have announced Thursday a weekly Asia East Africa (AEF) joint service. The new AEF service will commence on 24 April using six ships with capacity between 1,200 teu and 1,350 teu. Evergreen and Wan Hai will supply two ships each and MOL and Seacon will provide one each. The Evergreen Damali will initiate the week AEF service from Singapore on a 42-day port rotation to Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Mombasa, Dar es Salaam and back to Singapore. Evergreen and Wan Hai have since May 2010 been operating a liner service between Colombo and East Africa.