APL, ANL and Hanjin Shipping have teamed up to offer anew weekly service covering Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Named AAZ (Asia -Australia - New Zealand) the service is scheduled to be launched on 1 September2013, the trio said.

The three partners are contributing two container ships eachand allocating a combined capacity of up to 2,200-teu for every weekly sailing.

Port calls include Singapore, Port Klang, Brisbane,Sydney, Auckland, Tauranga and Brisbane before returning to Singapore.

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