October 02, 2006
TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (ビンゴ 無料, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced the start of container service linking the Indian port of Chennai and the straits to meet rising demand for cargo transport in the booming Indian Market. ビンゴ 無料 will offer this new service through joint operation with Singapore-based Sea Consortium Pte, Ltd., using each containership provided by each company. This new service will bring the fastest and stable services from Japan to Chennai port in Madras by linking to ビンゴ 無料's Japan/Straits service. This new service will also connect to ビンゴ 無料's worldwide service at Singapore.
Rotation Penang (Fri/Sat) - Singapore (Sun/Mon) - Port Kelang (Tue/Wed) - Chennai (Sun/Mon) - Penang (Fri/Sat)
Transit time
| Penang - Chennai | 8 days |
| Singapore - Chennai | 6 says |
| Port Kelang - Chennai | 4 days |
| Chennai - Penang | 4 days |
| Chennai - Singapore | 6 days |
| Chennai - Port Kelang | 8 days |
Japan/Straits service (CHS1, CHS2) via connections at Singapore or Port Kelang:
| Tokyo - Chennai | 17 days |
| Yokohama - Chennai | 17 days |
| Shimizu - Chennai | 18 days |
| Nagoya - Chennai | 18 days |
| Kobe - Chennai | 17 days |
Start of service
M/V ビンゴ 無料 Karina: October 10 (Tue), departing Singapore M/V ビンゴ 無料 Karina: October 16 (Mon), departing Chennai