News / New Loadstar LongRead: South-east Asia ports on the cusp of change

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The increasing ability of Asia’s secondary ports to handle some of the largest box ships is leading container lines to increase direct port calls in the region.

According to the latest Loadstar LongRead, On the cusp of change, published today, “Japanese container line ONE has drawn up plans to add fifth weekly direct call at Vietnam in May – and it will be the first to access the northern part of the country, directly linking it into the deepsea transpacific trade.

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