Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority Expands Southeast Asia Container Route Services

Published 16 Mar.2023 18:33(KST)

Operation of 8 Sealand Musk Vessels, Expecting Influx of Transshipment Volume

Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (President Park Seong-hyun, hereinafter referred to as the Authority) announced that an additional 1700TEU-class vessel will be deployed on the Sealand Maersk IA5 (Intra Asia 5 route) service connecting Gwangyang Port to the Southeast Asia region.

Accordingly, the IA5 service will expand its operation from seven 1700TEU-class container ships to eight.

[Photo by Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority]

In addition, with the addition of Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Thilawa (Myanmar) as new ports of call, cargo between Japan and Southeast Asia will be transported via Gwangyang.

The detailed ports of call are Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka-Busan-Gwangyang-Shanghai-Ningbo-Suqian-Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia)-Thilawa (Myanmar)-Yangon (Myanmar)-Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia)-Muara (Brunei)-Davao (Philippines)-Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)-Shanghai-Dalian-Incheon-Busan in sequence.

The Authority expects that with the expansion of the Sealand Maersk service, transshipment cargo from Japan destined for Europe will be consolidated at Gwangyang Port.

In particular, the Thilawa Port in Myanmar is a route newly established for the first time from Gwangyang Port, increasing the number of ports calling at Gwangyang from 105 to 106, thereby enhancing route connectivity, the Authority explained.

An official from the Authority stated, “We will continue to do our best to strengthen route connectivity, including efforts to attract one shipping company and one route.”