CHENG Lie Navigation Co (CNC), the intra-Asia arm of CMA CGM, has announced a new service linking Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam and Singapore.

The new I-A6 service will call at Osaka, Kobe, Hakata, Pusan, Keelung, Hong Kong, Haiphong, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Danang, Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Xiamen and back to Osaka.

Paris-based Alphaliner reported CNC is joining an intra-Asia service operated by MCC Transport IA-5 loop, the intra-Asia specialist carrier for Maersk Line.

This service calls at Shanghai, Osaka, Tokyo, Yo k o h a m a , N a g o y a , K a o h s i u n g , H o n g K o n g , Shenzhen-Yantian, Ho Chi Minh City, Sihanoukville, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung and back to Shanghai.