5th March, 2013

Emirates Shipping Line today, announced that it will enter into a partnership with APL and OOCL on their CIX service and will be a vessel sharing partner on the service. Emirates will be branding this new service as the China India Express Service – CIS, restructuring its Hypergalex service

The CIS service is a premier service focusing on ESL customers’ needs of reliability, stability and efficiency.

CIS will provide comprehensive port connections and greater coverage to the key trading and commercial centres of Far East and South East Asia as well as the Indian Sub-Continent. Its new port rotation with its first sailing from Xingang will commence from 21st March 2013.

The port rotation will be as follows:

Xingang / Dalian / Qingdao / Pusan / Hong Kong / Chiwan / Singapore / Colombo / Nhava Sheva / Pipavav / Port Klang / Singapore / Hong Kong / Xingang

CIS is a weekly direct service with fast transit time, linking the major ports including Bohai Bay, Pusan, Chiwan and Nhava Sheva in this rapid growing region.    

Emirates Shipping Line DMCEST, is registered in Dubai Maritime City of UAE and commercially headquartered in Dubai and Hong Kong, two of the busiest commercial hubs in the world.

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Emirates Shipping Line Takes Lead In Announcing
General Rate Increase For East Africa

Tuesday 5th March 2013

Emirates Shipping Line stated today that in light of recent market developments and part of its strategy it is taking a lead in announcing a General Rate Increase on its Far East and South East Asia to East Africa Trade Lanes effective 1st April 2013

The Quantum and Dates of implementation are as below:

FAR EAST & SOUTH EAST ASIA to EAST AFRICA TRADE LANE

USD 200 / teu  

Emirates Shipping Line DMCEST, is registered in Dubai Maritime City of UAE and commercially headquartered in Dubai and Hong Kong, two of the busiest commercial hubs in the world.

To learn more please visit our website www.emiratesline.com