MOL announces the rotation changes of North East Asia Australia Service

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announce the rotation change of North East Asia Australia service(AU2), together with partners K-Line　(Japan), Nihon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan), Orient Overseas Container Line (Hong Kong) and Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan), said in the company's press release.

This rotation change will not only improve the schedule integrity, but also provides a direct linkage from Qingdao to Australia and shorten the transit time from Shanghai and Ningbo to Australia. The first vessel of the new rotation will be MV OOCL Nagoya V.042 calling Yokohama on Aug 4.

AU2's new rotation
Yokohama(Sun/Sun) - Osaka(Tue/Tue) - Pusan(Wed/Thu) - Qingdao(Fri/Sun) - Shanghai(Tue/Wed) - Ningbo(Wed/Thu) - Melbourne(Tue/Thu) - Sydney(Fri/Sun) - Brisbane(Mon/Tue) - Yokohama

Reference:
AU1's present rotation (No change from the current service)
Ningbo(Sun/Sun) - Shanghai(Mon/Tue) - Xiamen(Thu/Fri) - Shekou(Sat/Sat) - Hong Kong(Sun/Sun) - Sydney(Thu/Sat) - Melbourne(Mon/Wed) - Brisbane(Sat/Mon) - Ningbo