On 20 August, shipping company APL is launching a new weekly service, providing another direct link between Rotterdam and the major ports in China, says the port of Rotterdam.
In addition to the Chinese ports of Qingdao, Yangshan, Ningbo, Xiamen and Yantian, it also visits Port Klang in Malaysia. Then it goes full steam ahead to north-western Europe where, as well as Rotterdam, it visits Felixstowe and Hamburg.
Rotterdam is the last port of call before the trip to the East. The transit time between Rotterdam and Port Klang is thus 26 days and 34 days to Qingdao.