Japan’s shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has decided to launch a brand-new service route of Anti-Clockwise Loop in addition to current existing Clockwise Loop with the view to enhance Thailand – Australia RoRo trade.
The company says it made the decision to enchance its RoRo service due to the current strong car sales in Australian domestic market, and its forecast for steady and continuous grow in the future as well. On the other hand, the structure of Australian automobile industry is drastically changing, and imported vehicles are taking the place of domestic produced vehicles in the market, K Line notes.
”With this service enhancement, we will provide shortest transit time to each Australian Port with Additional Frequency & More Sufficient / Reliable Carrying Capacity, supporting the increasing transportation demand in the growing import automotive market in Australia.We will keep offering a solid RORO service in Thailand-Australia Trade by utilizing our business expertise / know-how which have been acquired through our long experience since the service began.” the company states.
Scheduled to be start in late November, the new service will offer two additional sailings per month, mid and end of the month position at Thailand’s Laem Chabang
The rotation of the service will be Laem Chabang – Fremantle – Adelaide – Melbourne.
The company added that the existing Thailand-Australia clockwise service will be maintained.
The weekly service sets sail every Saturday at Laem Chabang and has the following rotation: Laem Chabang – Townsville – Brisbane – Port Kembla – Melbourne – Adelaide – Fremantle.
Source: K- Line
