MCC Transport has added Vladivostok to its intra-Asia IA-8 service, whose port rotation will now be Busan, Vladivostok, Busan, Shanghai, Xiamen, Shenzhen-Yantian, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Jakarta, Surabaya, Davao, Shanghai and back to Busan, according to Exim News Service.

It will turnaround in five weeks instead of four and will be run with five ships in the 1,700-TEU range. The first sailing of the revised IA-8 is scheduled on June 5 from Davao.