ビンゴ 5 結果 Upgrades India-Pakistan Container Service

July 04, 2006

TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (ビンゴ 5 結果, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced an upgrade of the Karachi Express Service (KEX) for Pakistan. This is a part of ビンゴ 5 結果's ongoing effort to improve inbound, outbound, and intra-Asian container services in this rapidly growing region.

KEX service is offered through joint operation of three 850 TEU containerships (ビンゴ 5 結果 operates two) with Singapore-based Samdera Shipping Line.

• Rotation
  Singapore (Fri/Sat) - Karachi (Sun/Mon) - Pipavav (India) (Tue/Wed) - Colombo (Sat/Sat) - Singapore (Fri/Sat)
• Start of service
  ビンゴ 5 結果 Silver Fern, departing Singapore on July 8
• Examples of transit time

  To Karachi	Singapore - Karachi	8 days
  	Tokyo - Karachi (connecting at Singapore)	19 days
  	Nagoya - Karachi (connecting at Singapore)	18 days
  	Kobe - Karachi (connecting at Singapore)	17 days
  From Pipavav	Pipavav - Singapore	9 days

• The container terminal at Karachi will be changed to the Qasim International Container Terminal (QICT), which offers greater convenience.
  The upgraded service from Singapore to Karachi maintains the fastest transit time with a direct route. In particular, the Japan-Karachi service will be the fastest and most reliable in the market thanks to connections with ビンゴ 5 結果's unique Japan/Straits service.
• With new calls at the port of Pipavav, a suburb of Mumbai on India's west coast, inbound and outbound service for India will be improved.

ビンゴ 5 結果's India/Pakistan services
The company is proactively upgrading container transport services for these areas where
demand for transport is rising due to increased trade volume. Services in addition to KEX are as follows:

For India:
ビンゴ 5 結果 offers four weekly services from Singapore to Nhava Sheva, ensuring timely connections to and from Asia. Links to ビンゴ 5 結果's unique Japan/Straits service provide the fastest service in the market.

Examples of transit time

Tokyo - Nhava Sheva (connecting at Singapore)	17 days
Nagoya - Nhava Sheva (connecting at Singapore)	18 days
Kobe - Nhava Sheva (connecting at Singapore)	17 days