New GEM1 shipping service starts to link Pakistan with India

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has launched a new service linking India, Pakistan, West Asia Gulf, the Red Sea, Port Said and Turkey, with seven vessels each having a capacity of 3,800 to 4,230 TEUs. The ships to run on the new route include UASC Ramadi, AL Farahidi Fowairet UASC Ajman, UASC Shu-waikh, UASC Samarra and UASC Khor Fakkan.
The CSCL will provide one of the eight 3,800 to 4,250-TEU ships used to operate the service, namely the 4,250-TEU Xin Nan Sha 0353E. The first GEM sailing is scheduled for December 4th.
The service would call at Port Said (East), Mersin, Istanbul (Ambarli/Kumport), Izmir (Aliaga Terminal), Port Said, Yanbu, Jeddah, Khor Fakkan, Sohar, Port Sultan Qaboos, Karachi, Hazira, Mundra, Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Bahrain, Jubail, Khor Fakkan, Jeddah, Yanbu and back to Port Said.
For the first time, the port rotation includes the Indian port of Hazira in Gujarat state, which is located about 120 nautical miles north of Nhava Sheva and Mumbai. The first call at Hazira is slated for December 6th. The ships will be handled at the new Adani Hazira Container Terminal (AHCT).
Tthe GEM service will also include sections of UASC’s UAE-Pakistan-India service (IMC1/IMC2) as well as the carrier’s Middle East feeder service (AEC1), from where the UASC ships switch deployment to join the GEM service. In addition to direct port calls, the GEM service will provide connections to other East Mediterranean and North African ports through relay services via Port Said and will serve a number of Black Sea ports through relay services from Istanbul (Ambarli/Kumport Turkey).
The Inaugural Voyage UASC AfMAN of GEM 1 Service berth on 4±1, December at PICT, Karachi Port, UASC Ajman will discharge 490 boxes and Load 350 boxes. The UASC having the vision of “Linking the Middle East to the World” began in 1976 when UASC was formed jointly between the Kingdom of Bahrain, Republic of Iraq, State of Kuwait, State of Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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