MAERSK`s intra-Asia Singapore-based carrier MCC will start a service, called the Shanghai 1 (SH-1) from September 11 from Shanghai to Chittagong that it claims will provide the "fastest transit time in the market" while at the same time giving connections to south east Asia through transshipment at Tanjung Pelepas.
The new Shanghai 1 service runs on a 28-day rotation covering the ports of Tanjung Pelepas, Chittagong, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Shanghai and back to Tanjung Pelepas.
Shippers can start booking on Shanghai 1, aboard the MCC Dhaka. The new Shanghai 1 service offers a new direct service from Shanghai to Chittagong with a 13-day transit time, a new direct service from Singapore to Shanghai, as well as from Chittagong to Singapore and from Chittagong to Shanghai.
Through transshipment, connections can also be made from Russia to Chittagong, Kwangyang to Chittagong, Shanghai to Indonesia`s Songkhla and Kuantan as well as to Vietnam. There are also good connections to be made between Chittagong and Singapore to Korea and between Chittagong and Singapore to Russia.