MBF ROUTING
PWX ( PACIFIC WEEKLY SERVICE )
MV Highland Chief (MV TBN)
Port Klang – Singapore – Motukea – Lae – Honiara – Lae – Port Klang
MV Victoria
Port Klang – Singapore – Motukea – Lae – Madang – Port Klang
MV Port Vila Chief
Port Klang – Singapore – Motukea – Lae – Honiara – Rabaul – Port Klang
MV Carpenters Vega
Port Klang – Singapore – Motukea – Lae – Port Klang
MV Rabaul Chief
Port Klang – Singapore – Motukea – Lae – Honiara – Lae – Madang – Port Klang
MV Tonga Chief
Port Klang – Singapore – Motukea – Lae – Rabaul – Port Klang
The key advantages of the transition to a fixed day weekly service include:
• Significant improvement in schedule reliability and On Time Performance (OTP) to save our customers time;
• Operational efficiencies by reducing waiting time for a berth and mitigating vessel clashes as fixed window vessels will benefit from priority berthing.
• A Stepped improvement in feeder connectivity allowing for better alignment of schedules and cargo connections with weekly feeders.
• Market leading
• Customers benefiting from more efficient stock management and lower inventory holding costs
Structure :
• Service route structure could be consistent across all sailings for improvement to weekly ports of: Port Klang, Singapore, Motukea and Lae.
• Service would then alternate calls Northbound to give fortnightly coverage to: Honiara, Lae (NB call)
• Improved coverage of Rabaul and Madang on Northbound voyages on a 21/28 day frequency.
• Improved Honiara coverage on a 14,14,21 day frequency.
What could it look like :
a. Below – Fixed windows in all ports called.
b. Multiple feeder network from indirect ports into key weekly hub/s
c. Operational Window vessel management for all ports
d. Variance from today – Table below
WINDOWS
| Port | Fixed Day window |
| Port Klang | Monday |
| Singapore | Wednesday |
| Motueka | Sunday |
| Lae | Thursday |
| Nouméa | Tuesday |
| Suva | Friday |
| *Lautoka | Monday |
| *Honiara | Thursday |
| *Rabaul | Tuesday |
| *Madang | Tuesday, Friday |
| *Lae | Tuesday |
FREQUENCY
With Blanking actual frequency
| MTK, Lae | 7,7,7,7 |
| Honiara | 14,14,21 |
| Rabaul | 21,28 |
| Madang | 21,28 |