Maersk Line's Chennai Express (CHX) makes its first call at Chennai

§ Weekly service from Shanghai to Chennai 
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Maersk Line’s Chennai Express (CHX) made its first voyage and call at the Chennai container terminal in Chennai today.

The Vessel, E R Canberra, is scheduled to berth at the Chennai Container Terminal at 0700 hours on Sep 27, 2010. The Vessel began its voyage at Shanghai on Sep 13, 2010 and will reach Chennai today, before proceeding to Visakhapatnam and its return voyage thereafter.

Maersk Line commemorated the first voyage of the Vessel by felicitating the Captain of E R Canberra, Capt. Vedran Pavic, and also had special tokens for the Chennai & Viskhapatnam Port Trusts and the respective Customs divisions on this special occasion.

Maersk Line also plans to felicitate customers providing maximum support on this first ever Voyage of the Chennai Express.

Maersk Line had earlier announced the launch of its new Far East-Chennai weekly service to be known as the Chennai Express (CHX).

The Port rotation for this new weekly service is: Shanghai - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Klang - Chennai - Vishakhapatnam - Tanjung Pelepas – Shanghai

Four Vessels of around 2,900 TEU capacities each will be deployed on this service which will begin from Shanghai in September.

The service will connect two of the fastest growing regions (India and China) and underlines Maersk Line's commitment to South and East India with this best in class product, directly covering East China, South China and South East Asia. The service will also connect North China, Korea and Japan at Tanjung Pelepas.

The transit time of the CHX service ex-Shanghai to Chennai will be 13 days and provides amongst the best transit times in the market.

Key Highlights

• Connecting two fastest growing regions in the world - India and China.
• Connecting China - Shanghai and Yantian and South East Asia - Tanjung Pelepas and Port Kelang; to Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Kolkata.
• Fastest service between Shanghai and Chennai.
• Most reliable service from Asia to Visakhapatnam and Kolkata.
• Extremely reliable for automotive, electronics goods, consumer durables, personal care products and other transit-sensitive goods.
• Over 100 hundred representative offices in Far East Asia and India to take care of all your shipping needs.