OOCL to link India, Middle East and East Africa with new service

07-11-2022

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) will add a new service, East Africa Express 5 (EAX5), to its Asia – Africa network.

The port rotation of the new product will be Nhava Sheva (India) – Mundra (India) – Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates) – Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) – Mombasa (Kenya) – Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) – Nhava Sheva.

OOCL’s East Africa Express 5 port rotation map

COSCO-owned container line said that its OOCL’s existing loops EAX1 / 3 / 4, this new service will offer direct connections between India Subcontinent / Middle East and East Africa, with a competitive transit time of 9 /14 days from Abu Dhabi / Mundra to Mombasa respectively.

The East Africa Express 5 service will commence from the port of Nhava Sheva with an estimated time of arrival on 22 November 2022.