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RCL launches new service between Ho Chi Minh to Port Klang and Singapore
7 Aug 2020

RCL is pleased to announce the launch of its Port Klang (Westport), Singapore to Ho Chi Minh shuttle service together with its partner Gold Star Lines.

Branded as the RHS03, the maiden voyage will commence on the 18 Aug 2020 from Ho Chi Minh to Port Klang and Singapore with a 1 x 900 TEU sized vessel with the following proforma:

According to a RCL spokesperson, “With companies relocating their supply chains to South East Asia and Vietnam in particular, both our COC and SOC customers alike have requested us to improve our sailing frequency and connectivity between Ho Chi Minh to Singapore and Port Klang”.

“This new service will complement the RHS1 for Ho Chi Minh/Singapore/Ho Chi Minh by providing our customers with both a mid and end week window ex Ho Chi Minh for their connections in Singapore and Port Klang to the rest of the network for both SOC and COC customers”.


About RCL
Founded in 1979, RCL is a Thai based container shipping line. Listed on the Thai Stock Exchange since 1988, its core business is in the carriage of Shipper owned containers (SOC) and its own Carrier Owned Containers (COC) in a service network that is fully Asia centric. RCL currently owns and operates a fleet of 41 vessels with sizes ranging between 388 TEUs and 11,714 TEUs. It also has a fleet of 139,238 TEUs to support its own COC carriage as well. RCL operates a network of 91 offices made up of both owned and agency partner offices to support its operations. Today, RCL is recognised as amongst the leading SOC and Intra Asian operator by both peers and customers alike.

For media enquiries, please contact Michelle Ng at (+65) 62292087 or michelle@rclgroup.com