Carriers sense growth and pour capacity into ex-India ocean trades

Indian trades are seeing a fresh wave of container capacity injections by Asian carriers, as regional freight demand remains upbeat.

Among the predominant regional lines, OOCL, HMM, and Emirates Shipping (ESL) have markedly consolidated their operations in India in recent months, with more service launches and network enhancements.

Hong Kong-based OOCL is to launch a shuttle loop connecting India’s east coast ports of Chennai and Visakhapatnam to Port Klang in Malaysia at the end of the month, a single port of destination (POD) connection targeting Indian transhipment cargo.

“The FCS4 will provide direct connections, offering improved flexibility, connectivity, and service reliability for cargo movements between Malaysia and East India,” the Cosco subsidiary told customers.

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