Japanese line MOL will launch a new China-Middle East Service (CMS) departing Shanghai on June 8.

MOL will offer an additional weekly service by joining the existing service operated by Wan Hai Lines, Pacific International Lines, and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha.

The service will be operated by six vessels with MOL providing one post-panamax ship.

The CMS rotation is Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Shekou, Singapore, Port Kelang, Jebel Ali, Karachi, Mundra, Port Kelang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai.