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PIL commences new direct Gulf China Service

Pacific International Lines (PIL) will launch a new weekly direct service connecting Central and South China to the Gulf area in the Middle East. The new service will be effective from 23 November.

The name of PIL’s new product will be Gulf China Service (GCS), which will be operated by a consortium of vessels with an average capacity of 3,000TEU, jointly deployed by PIL, Regional Container Lines (RCL) and CULines (CUL).

The first vessel on the new service will be PIL’s 2006-built Kota Kamil.

The rotation of the Gulf China Service (GCS) will be Ningbo – Nansha – Shekou – Jebel Ali – Dammam – Ningbo

Source: PIL

“Customers who book on this new GCS service will enjoy fast transit times from Ningbo, Nansha and Shekou, to Jebel Ali and Dammam,” stated the Singapore-based carrier.





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