Tailwind extends its service within Asia

In order to improve its intra-Asia maritime freight offering, Tailwind Shipping Lines has announced the extension of its Tiger Express Service (TEX). The TEX route will connect four important Asian nations with the addition of a new stop in Vietnam and two in Malaysia starting on June 17, 2025.

Every two weeks, the revised TEX service will leave Chattogram, Bangladesh, with a stop at Port Kelang, Malaysia, as its first stop. Prior to making its way back to Chattogram via Port Kelang and Colombo, Sri Lanka, it will next travel to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This route will be served by two container ships: the 1,900 TEU ASL Peony and the 1,700 TEU Nordtiger.

Customers should benefit from increased planning security and better links between Southeast Asia and Europe as a result of the development. The largest seaport in Malaysia, Port Kelang, will be crucial to this new structure. Tailwind’s Panda Express Service (PAX), which currently lists Port Kelang as its final Asian port of call, will use it as a transshipment hub for containers headed for Europe.

From Qingdao, Ningbo, and Dachan Bay in China, the updated PAX route will travel via Port Kelang to Barcelona and Koper in Europe before heading back. The TEX service will run in the interim between Chattogram and Port Kelang, as well as between Chattogram and Ho Chi Minh City, Port Kelang, and Colombo. All other ports on the PAX route remain intact, with Port Kelang taking the role of the former transshipment stop at Colombo.