Hanjin, STX Pan Ocean, Sinokor to raise Asia - Middle East trade

Hanjin Shipping, STX Pan Ocean and Sinokor said that they are upgrading the capacity of their joint Far East-Middle East Express service (FMX). they will replace the four 4,250-TEU vessels operated by Hanjin with 5,300-TEU ships.

Hanjin shipping has taken the larger 5,300-TEU ships from its transpacific services. The two other ships used on the FMX, which are the 4,498-TEU STX Patraikos provided by STX Pan Ocean and the 3,484-TEU Williamsburg G Bridge provided by Sinokor, will continue to be operated on the service.

These smaller ships are expected to continue on the FMX, since neither STX PO nor Sinokor have larger tonnage at hand, unlike Hanjin.

FMX call at Singapore, Busan, Ulsan, Karachi, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Bandar Abbas, Khor Fakkan and Jebel Ali.<Korea Shipping Gazette>