By taking slots PIL is to offer a southbound weekly service between the US Pacific south west, Australia and New Zealand on the PSW-ANZ Oceania joint service operated by Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg Sud and ANL, according to Shipping Gazette.
PIL will take a weekly average of 425 TEU slots from Oakland and Los Angeles to Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney and Tauranga under the AOS brand, reported Alphaliner.
The shipping line has been serving the US-Australia-New Zealand route since April 2010 with its China Transpacific Australasia (CTP) service that calls at Long Beach, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Tauranga, Brisbane, Manila, Keelung, Ningbo, Shanghai.