The fixed-day weekly service is scheduled to begin in the middle of September, and will use seven 4,000-TEU vessels - four of which are to be provided by China Shipping, while "K" Line, Yang Ming and Zim will each contribute one, a statement said.
The port rotation will be: Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Nansha, Port Kelang, Istanbul, Constanza, Ilyichevsk, Shanghai.