Evergreen Line, Hanjin Shipping and Simatech Shipping will join forces to launch the new IDEA service, linking the Indian subcontinent, Persian Gulf and East Africa, starting in late March.
Four 2,500 to 2,800 20-foot-equivalent unit vessels will be deployed on the joint service. The first sailing is planned to depart from Mundra, India, on March 26.
The port rotation will be as follows: Mundra; Karachi, Pakistan;Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates; Mombasa, Kenya; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and back to Mundra.