The India
– Dubai – East Africa (IDEA) weekly service will be launched on 22 November
with four vessels from Shipping Lines - Sealand, OOCL & TS Lines.
Sealead
will be deploying two vessels on the service and OOCL and TS Lines, one
each.
The size
of vessels being used was not disclosed.
Henry
Schmidl, SeaLead Managing Director commented: “Trade between India, the UAE and
East Africa has been growing strongly and our new service will add further
options for our customers. Providing
this fast and direct service will shorten transit times and allow for faster
connections.”
The new
service will connect the ports of NhavaSheva and Mundra in India, Jebel Ali and
Khalifa in UAE, Mombasa in Kenya, and Dar Es Salam in Tanzania.