<p data-path-to-node="2" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Leading Vietnamese maritime carrier <b data-path-to-node="7" data-index-in-node="57" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Hai An Transport and Stevedoring JSC (HATS)</b> has officially launched a new dedicated direct container shipping service connecting primary export hubs in <b data-path-to-node="7" data-index-in-node="209" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Vietnam, China, and Malaysia directly with East Coast India</b>.</p><p data-path-to-node="8" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Designated to enhance trade velocity along burgeoning Intra-Asia maritime corridors, the new direct route links key gateway hubs including <b data-path-to-node="8" data-index-in-node="139" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Haiphong and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, southern Chinese transshipment nodes, and Port Klang in Malaysia with Chennai Port on India's eastern seaboard</b>. By establishing direct port calls without requiring intermediate transshipment via traditional hubs like Singapore or Colombo, the new string substantially reduces end-to-end transit times, lowers container handling risks, and provides critical slot stability for shippers across Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.</p><h3 data-path-to-node="10" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Key Operational Highlights &amp; Trade Synergies</h3><ul data-path-to-node="11" style="padding-inline-start: 32px; font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="11,0,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="11,0,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Eliminating Transshipment Delays:</b> The direct routing allows cargo to bypass congested regional transshipment centers, offering predictable scheduling, faster sailing turnarounds, and reduced freight risk for time-sensitive supply chains.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="11,1,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="11,1,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Backing Bilateral Electronics and Manufacturing Flows:</b> Trade between India and Vietnam has surged around intermediate manufactured goods, machinery, consumer electronics, and renewable energy components. Direct container vessel calls provide dependable logistical architecture for global manufacturers operating under "China+1" diversification strategies.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="11,2,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="11,2,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Serving High-Growth EXIM Commodity Baskets:</b> The service caters to high-demand cargo streams, including Vietnamese coffee, timber, pepper, and rubber bound for Indian industrial and consumption markets, alongside outbound Indian exports of cotton yarn, organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, engineered components, and marine products.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="11,3,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="11,3,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Expanding Global Footprint for Vietnamese Fleet:</b> The deployment represents a major milestone in Hai An's international network expansion, marking the line’s calculated entry into the high-volume Indian container market to capture expanding Intra-Asia and ASEAN–India trade volumes.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="11,4,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="11,4,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Agency and Local Feeder Synergies:</b> Leveraging dedicated port agency partnerships—including tie-ups with Samsara Group across Indian terminals Hai An ensures seamless intermodal onward connectivity across hinterland inland container depots (ICDs) and coastal feeder networks.</p></li></ul>