In the wake of expansions to its services to the Middle East, shipping line Hamburg Süd has announced that it will contribute to a significant expansion of the Asia and Australia (AAUS) service.

Hamburg Süd will join with Hapag Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine and APL Limited to purchase additional slots in the AAUS service, enhancing the service and the partners ability to maintain high utilization rates year round.

The service, consisting of nine modern 2,500 Twenty Foot Equivalent (TEU) vessels will operate on a fast and efficient dual-loop basis, the northern loop sailing to the ports of Yokohama, Osaka, Pusan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the southern loop operating a Kaoshiung, Yantian, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane route.

In announcing the expansion, Hamburg Süd has stated that the company will provide three of the nine vessels used on the service, while the remainder will be provided equally by partners, Hapag Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine and APL Limited.

In addition to the expanded AAUS service Hamburg Süd also maintains an Australia New Zealand (ANZL) service, with coverage from Asia to three ports in New Zealand and subsequently sailing to the port of Brisbane. The two services connecting to provide greater trade flow between Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Overall, Hamburg Süd operates a fleet of 139 ships around the world, enabling the company to operate forty regularly scheduled liner services, the company ranking among the twenty biggest liner shipping companies worldwide.

Source: Hamburg Süd and the Oetker Group

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