Pacific International Lines (PIL) is pleased to announce the launch of two weekly direct services which is an enhancement to its China to East Africa service. This will allow its customers to enjoy stable and faster transit times to East Africa.
The enhancement will see the current East Africa Service (EAS), which PIL operates independently, expanding into two service routes - with one serving Mombasa, called EAS, and the other serving Dar es Salaam, to be named as EA3.
New EAS and EA3 services
Effective from early March 2022, EAS and EA3 services will be offered by a consortium of vessels, with an average capacity of 2,200 TEUs, to be jointly deployed by Pacific International Lines (PIL), Ocean Network Express (ONE), Gold Star Line Ltd. (GSL) and Hapag-Lloyd AG (HLC).
We at PIL pride ourselves for our good connection between Asia and Africa"
Mr. Tonnie Lim, the Chief Trade Officer at Pacific International Lines (PIL), said “We at PIL pride ourselves for our good connection between Asia and Africa, and it has been 55 years, since we started connecting China to East Africa.”
Improving the popular East Africa Service
Tonnie Lim adds, “We are improving our popular East Africa Service, in response to the needs of our customers for additional, direct and faster connections from key ports in Asia to Mombasa and Dar es Salaam. Looking ahead, we will continue to seek opportunities to expand our China and Africa services, to better serve our customers.”
EAS service will commence on March13, 2022 from Qingdao and EA3 service will commence on March 10, 2022 from Shanghai, in China.
The ports of call for the two new services are:
- East Africa Service (EAS) Service Rotation: Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Nansha – Singapore – Port Kelang – Mombasa – Port Kelang – Singapore – Nansha – Qingdao.
- East Africa Service (EA3) Service Rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Nansha – Singapore – Port Kelang – Dar es Salaam – Port Kelang – Singapore – Shanghai.