Wan Hai to join Hanjin on transpacific SJX service

KOREAN shipping company Wan Hai will join its rival Hanjin in March to provide the South East Asia-Japan Express service (SJX), which is a second

Far East-Pacific southwest loop. Wan Hai will deploy a single ship on the SJX service, which currently uses six 4,000-TEU ships from Hanjin.

The SJX will extend Wan Hai's transpacific coverage with the addition of the Japanese ports of Tokyo and Osaka and provide south east Asian connections including the SJX's call at the Vietnamese Port of Cai Mep, reports Paris-based Alphaliner.

The SJX will be the second transpacific service for Wan Hai, which also offers a service from Kobe and south China (Xiamen, Shenzhen [Yantian], Hong Kong) to Los Angeles and Oakland on the PSW-1 joint service operated with "K" Line and Singapore's PIL.