Wan Hai Lines has announced the launch of Far East – Red Sea “AR1” service on April 6th, 2018. This new service will help to expand Wan Hai Lines network by providing direct service from Far East to Red Sea area, the company said in its press release.
AR1 will be jointly operated with THE Alliance by using 7 vessels with loadable capacity of 4,800 TEU. Wan Hai Lines will deploy 1 vessel and THE Alliance will deploy 6 vessels. AR1’s maiden voyage will commence from Pusan port on April 6th, 2018.
The port rotation will be: Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Klang – Jeddah – Sokhna – Aqaba – Jeddah – Singapore – Ningbo – Pusan