It is reported that Hanjin Shipping has teamed up with APL and ANL to offer a new weekly service covering Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Being named as AAZ (Asia - Australia - New Zealand for Hanjin Shipping), the service is scheduled to be launched on Sept. 1, 2013. Under the Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA), Hanjin Shipping will be operating with another two partners each contributing two container ships and allocating a combined capacity of up to 2,200 TEU for every weekly sailing.

Rotating from Singapore, Port Klang, Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland, Tauranga, Brisbane and back to Singapore, the service includes Weekly calls and Fast transits from New Zealand to major Southeast Asian ports via Port Klang and Singapore Connections through Southeast Asia for the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and European destinations Weekly calls and fast transits between New Zealand and Brisbane and Weekly calls from Southeast Asia to Brisbane and Sydney.

“The new weekly service will provide more competitive options to shippers moving dry and reefer cargoes between New Zealand, Australia and Asia particularly New Zealand reefer exports destined for key Asian markets,” the VSA partners

said in a joint announcement. “We are confident that trade between these markets will continue to expand and we look forward to supporting their growth with our new service offering.”
The service will commence its first southbound sailing from Singapore on Sept. 1, and the first northbound sailing from Auckland on Sept. 24.