Company Announcement - China Shipping Container Line’s Xin Qin Huang Dao recently made its maiden call at the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal , International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s container handling facility in the Port of Rijeka, Croatia, which marked the launch of a service of the Ocean 3 alliance, connecting Rijeka and other European ports to Asia and North America.
The vessel arrived at the AGCT last 18 February and is deployed to Ocean 3’s Phoex / AMX8 / AMC4 weekly service. In September 2014, shipping lines CMA CGM, CSCL and United Arab Shipping Co. formed the Ocean 3 alliance to optimize and consolidate several of their services routes between Asia and Europe, and Asia and North America.
The Phoex / AMX8 / AMC4 service allows Rijeka to be linked to the Far East, connecting strategic ports on the route from Shanghai to Rijeka, and follows this rotation: Shanghai – Busan – Ningbo – Chiwan – Port Kelang – Malta – Kopar – Trieste – Rijeka – Venice – Kopar – Malta – Port Kelang – Chiwan – Shanghai.
Ten container vessels are deployed in the route, with each vessel having an average length of 280 meters and a capacity of 5,700 TEUs.