News / HMM confirms launch of AEX Asia-Europe service and Southampton call

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UK shippers using Southampton as their main container gateway are set to see the port increase its links with Asia as South Korean line Hyundai Merchant Marine today confirmed it is launching a new standalone service.

In an interesting new twist in the competing offers of Felixstowe and Southampton for UK forwarders and importers, HMM revealed that the port rotation of the AEX service will be Pusan-Shanghai-Ningbo-Kaohsiung-Shenzhen-Singapore-Colombo-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Southampton-Singapore-Hong Kong-Pusan.

The launch will mean HMM will be one of the few lines to offer services into ...