Swire will upgrade its North West Australia Direct (NWD) service by splitting its existing Singapore-Darwin-Port Hedland service into 2 separate services. The North West Australia Direct (NWD) service will connnect Singapore and Port Hedland directly using the 618 teu DILI CHIEF with a 18 day turnaround starting from 21 April 2023. The transit time from Singapore to Port Hedland will improve to 7 days compared to the current 14 days. Port rotation of the North West Australia Direct (NWD) serv
Swire Shipping and Carpenter Shipping will introduce a new Pacific Weekly Express (PWX) service that connects Port Klang, Singapore, Motukea, Lae, Noumea, Suva, Lautoka/Honiara (alt), Rabaul/Madang/Lae (alt), Port Klang. The new weekly service will start on 24 February 2023 at Port Klang and will deploy 7 geared ships with 6 ships from Swire - RABAUL CHIEF (2,381 teu), TONGA CHIEF (2,118 teu), PORT VILA CHIEF (2,118 teu), VICTORIA (1,678 teu), HIGHLAND CHIEF (1,617 teu) and 1 more ship to be n
Swire Shipping and UWL have committed to operate the Sun Chief Express service between Vietnam and Seattle until 2024. The Sun Chief Express was launched on 26 April 2022 by Swire and its exclusive NVOCC partner UWL to provide connections between Ho Chi Minh City, Haiphong, Seattle, Ho Chi Minh City using 3 Chittagongmax containerships of 2,381-2,750 teu on a fortnightly (14 days) frequency. The service offers the fastest transit times from Vietnam to the US West Coast of 19 days from Ho Chi
Pacifica Shipping, the New Zealand domestic shipping subsidiary of Swire Shipping, has introduced a second ship to its coastal schedules. The 1,368 teu TAKUTAI CHIEF (ex LIHIR CHIEF) has joined Pacifica on 9 September 2022 at Marsden Point. The ship is taken from Swire's fleet in the South Pacific and has been switched to the New Zealand flag. It joins the 1,732 teu MOANA CHIEF that has been operated on the New Zealand coastal trades since August 2019. The 2 ships will be deployed on a fixed-d
Swire Shipping has completed the acquisition of US-based Westwood Shipping Lines on 29 June 2022 after securing regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The deal agreement was first announced on 28 April 2022 for Swire's affiliate SSPL US Inc to acquire Westwood from from J-WeSco, a subsidiary of The Sumitomo Warehouse Co. for $100m plus an additional payment of up to $45m subject to the finalisation of Westwood's financial results for fiscal year 2022. Swire will also acquire 4 mult
Swire Shipping has signed an agreement to acquire Westwood Shipping Lines from J-WeSco, a subsidiary of The Sumitomo Warehouse Co. on 28 April 2022 for $100m upon closing, plus an additional payment of up to $45m subject to the finalisation of Westwood's financial results for fiscal year 2022. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and other closing conditions and is expected to be concluded by June 2022. Swire will also acquire 4 multipurpose open hatch containerships of 2,048 teu/4
Swire Projects, a division of Swire Shipping, has launched a new Asia-US West Coast service that connects Ho Chi Minh City with Seattle. The service was inaugurated with the 2,381 teu CHANGSHA at Ho Chi Minh City on 25 December. Swire have been operating ad hoc FE-USWC sailings since July 2021 using the 2,750 teu HONIARA CHIEF that also joined the HCMC-Seattle run on 19 March 2022, with a third ship, the 2,381 teu MORESBY CHIEF added on 16 April 2022. The service is operated in partnership UWL