MISC lAUNCHES NEW SERVICE LOOP

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (Bernama) -- MISC Bhd is launching a new service,
called the Malaysia East Asia Service (MES).

It offers the fastest transit carriage and cargo service from Japan, China
and Taiwan to Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta.

A total of 5 x 1,200-1,700 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) vessels are
being allocated for the new service, which will also offer a direct call from Ho
Chi Minh City, back to Yokohama, Nagoya, Shanghai and Kaohsiung.

MISC, in a statement today said the MES serves to connect Jakarta and Ho Chi
Minh City to its other services playing the Middle East, the Indian
Sub-continent, Australia and New Zealand at Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas.

The new service, commences on Jan 26, with an inaugural voyage starting
from Yokohama.It will also compliment its current Halal Express Service (HE1
and HE2).
-- BERNAMA