OOCL Launches Intra-Asia Service

OOCL has launched a new intra-Asia service linking Taiwan and China to Japan.

The KTX5 will be operated by the Hong Kong-based line using two 1,500-TEU container ships.

“The KTX5 provides a comprehensive supplement to our service network in the KTX Suite by covering Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xiamen and Japan,” the line said in a statement.

The service will have the following rotation: Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya and back to Kaohsiung.

Contact Mike King at michael@borderline.eu.com.

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