Internal News

PIL - further East Africa service improvement
04.08.2011

Enhancing further on our premium East Africa product. Our EAS Service will be calling DIRECT to Mombasa / Dar Es Salaam from Singapore. The existing Reunion call on this service will be transfer to IOM Svc which will be upgrade with enhance frequency (svc Update will be advise in details at a latter stage)

EAS Revise Rotation:

SIN - MBA - DAR - (Pemba - fortnight basis) - PGU - SIN - DVO - MNS - SHA (WGQ) - TXG - DLC - TAO - SHA (YST) - NGB - SIN
Frequency -  Weekly
Number of vessels - 9 vessels  (10 vsls during cashew season)
Commencing voyage : Kota Nanhai Voy. NHI035/036  ETA SIN westbound 14/Aug 

Highlights!      
Direct Call from Spore to Mba/Dar - with improved transit time 12 days / 17 days vs previous 14 days / 19 days

This latest service revision follows our recent advice on our EA2 review which serves to signal PIL's strong commitment to this market and our strive to provide a better product to our valued customers.

Grimaldi - revision of European THC's
04.08.2011

Please be advised that Terminal Handling Charges in Europe (import / export on all trades) will be increased with effect 5th Sept 2011 as follows;

Dry Containers

Amsterdam         Euros 120 / container

Antwerp              Euros 150 / container

Hamburg            Euros 180 / container

Le Havre/           Euros 180 / container
Rouen/
Marseilles

Lisbon/               Euros 170 / container
Leixoes

Tilbury/Belfast     GBP 115 / container


Reefer Containers

Amsterdam         Euros 250 / reefer container

Antwerp              Euros 250 / reefer container

Hamburg             Euros 290 / reefer container

Le Havre/            Euros 270 / reefer container
Rouen

Lisbon/               Euros 210 / reefer container
Leixoes

Tilbury                GBP 265 / reefer container



PIL - insertion of Colombo to the East Africa service
12.07.2011

Please be advise of the enhancement to the East Africa 2 service brought about by the insertion of the Colombo (west and east bound) call.

The rotation of the service will be adjusted as follows:

Spore - FangCheng - HongKong - Huangpu - Nansha - Shekou - Spore - Colombo"JCT" -  Port Louis - Mombasa - Nacala - Colombo - Pasir Gudang - Spore


The Colombo call will commence with the Kota Jelita Voy 008/9. Following are her dates:

FAN (22/7), HKG(23/7), HUA(24/7), NSA(25/7), SHK(26/7), SIN(31/7), CMB(5/8), PLU(11/8), MBA(16/8), MNC(22/8), CMB(2/9), PGU( 7/9), SIN(8/9)

This svc will provide direct connection from South China/HongKong to Colombo.

It will also serve Ex Colombo / India to Indian Ocean Island, East Africa & Mozambique ports.



PIL - new Service to and from Vladivostok
14.06.2011

Pacific International Lines (PIL) is proud to announce the extension of their North-Asia Service (NAS) to the port of Vladivostok, making them the first major carrier to offer exclusive direct links between the Russian port and Northern Japan.

Kota Dahlia is scheduled to make her maiden call at Vladivostok on 14th June 2011. Three vessels of 600 TEU nominal capacity each will be deployed to provide a weekly service. The port rotation will be: Niigata, Vladivostok, Tomakomai, Hachinohe, Keelung, Taichung, Shanghai and Pusan.

Delivering one of the most competitive transit times, the enhanced service will cater to the unique needs of Vladivostok’s customers while strengthening the Intra-Asia networks under PIL Group.

PIL Group ranked 19th amongst the top containership operators in the world, owns and operates a fleet of about 138 vessels with a total capacity of about 263,200 TEUs. PIL operates container liner services covering the whole of the Far East to Europe, Canada, the Indian sub-continent, Red Sea/Gulf, East Africa, South/West Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, East and West Coast of South America, West Coast of USA, and the Black Sea. It has a dedicated network of feeder services covering a comprehensive range of ports in South East Asia, the Bay of Bengal and the East Coast of India. PIL together with its subsidiaries Advanced Container Lines and Pacific Direct Line provide extensive Intra-Asia services with sailings from China, Southeast Asia, Indian sub-continent and the Pacific Islands. Using PIL’s dedicated joint venture berth facilities in Singapore as its transhipment hub, PIL is able to provide connections to a very wide range of ports.

PIL - Beira congestion surcharge
03.06.2011

With the dredging programme that Beira port have done in April 11, the berthing situation have improved at Beira with the deeper draft. As such, PIL have decided to remove the Beira congestion surcharge w.e.f 1 July 11. This should apply for containers for all inland shipment into Blanytre, Lilongwe, Kitwe, Lusaka, Ndola via Beira gateway port.

Inbound : Removal of CGSD w.e.f 1 July 11 basis on vsl ETD date.
Outbound: Removal of CGS w.e.f 1 July 11 basis on vsl ETD date

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