Seoul (VNA) – The 17,943-tonne container ship EverChaste from the Hai Phong port docked at the Republic of Korea’s Ulsan port onJune 15, marking the opening of a new regular container shipping route between the two ports.
According to the Ulsan Port Authority, a new serviceoperator, Evergreen Korea, plans to operate three trips to Ulsan port weekly.
It predicted that this new shipping routewill generate an annual volume of about 24,000 TEUs (1 TEU = one 20-footcontainer) for the port.
Executive Vice President of the Ulsan Port Authority JeongSun-yo said that the operator will make every effort to help the newtransport route connecting Ulsan Port with Vietnam in particular and SoutheastAsia in general operate stably.
This year, from Ulsan, the RoK has opened two newshipping routes to the port of Penang in Malaysia and Ningbo port inChina. By June 2023, the Ulsan Port Authority had operated a total of 37container shipping routes to Southeast Asia, Japan, andChina./.