UASC introduces ARC2, a fixed day weekly service from Asia to Southern Red Sea that will broaden UASC’s market coverage, provide direct services to additional Red Sea ports, the company said in its press release.
This new setup is developed through a Vessel Sharing Agreement with CMACGM and China Shipping Container Lines – CSCL that leverages on our strong expertise in this region and is a part of our continual commitment to better serve our customers by providing competitive transit times between ports in Asia and Red Sea.
The port rotation is as follows: Xiamen, Yantian, Shekou, Port Kelang, Djibouti, Jeddah, Port Sudan and Port Kelang.
The introduction of ARC2 will complement our recently introduced Asia Northern Red Sea Service ARC1, the combination of the 2 services will greatly improve our direct port coverage in Asia and the Red Sea region meeting the growing demand and customer requirements to/from the Red Sea market.
This new deployment will also benefit Red Sea exporters through an improved direct port coverage leading to shorter transit times and higher reliability.