GRAND ALLIANCE LINKS EUROPE-CHINA SERVICE TO PTP

JOHOR BAHARU (Malaysia), Dec 4 (Bernama) -- Grand Alliance (GA), a shipping
alliance among three shipping lines, has added the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP)
as one of its ports of call for its east-bound EU4 (Europe-China) service, say
shipping sources here.

They said the first vessel from the loop, Kyoto Express, operated by Hapag
Lloyd, made its maiden voyage to PTP in southern state of Johor
Wednesday.

The weekly service will be deploying vessels from GA members comprising
Hapag Lloyd, NYK and MISC.

GA's port rotation involves Rotterdam, Hamburg, Southampton, Suez, Jeddah,
PTP, Singapore, Kaoshiung, Busan, Dalian, Tianjin/Xingang, Qingdao and Shanghai.
-- BERNAMA