Swire Shipping enhances Port Moresby coverage

The enhanced service will offer an eight-day transit time from New Zealand, for which Swire Shipping believes is ideal for time sensitive or refrigerated cargo, and four direct calls per month from Brisbane, Australia.

The company said it is the only direct service connecting Lautoka and Suva in Fiji to Port Moresby. In return, it offers up to three calls per month from Port Moresby to the rest of Asia.

“Swire Shipping has provided multipurpose liner service in the Asia-Pacific region for over 100 years. The introduction of a direct port call from New Zealand and Fiji to Port Moresby further supports Swire Shipping’s commitment to the Papua New Guinea community,” said Jeremy Sutton, general manager of Swire Shipping.

The service upgrade will be supported by multipurpose vessels Kweilin and Nanchang from its East South East Asia (ESEA) service which are capable of carrying containerised, refrigerated, breakbulk and project cargoes.