A new raft of shipping and air services pacts established between Taiwan and China officially went into effect Saturday, setting the stage for the historic Dec. 15 launch of direct shipping, air cargo charter and daily passenger charter services across the Taiwan Strait.
Among the ships scheduled to take part in the inaugural direct sailing Monday will be two vessels belonging to Evergreen Marine Corp. and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., respectively, both named "Taiwan." One will embark from Taiwan's Kaohsiung Port bound for China's port of Tianjin, while the other will set said from Keelung, bound for Shanghai.
The day will also see two Chinese vessels, each named "China, " put out from Chinese ports to make the direct crossing across the Taiwan Strait to ports in Taiwan.
Meanwhile, the first direct cross-strait cargo charter flight will be provided by China Southern Airlines and is scheduled to take off at 3 p.m. from Guangzhou for the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, according to Civil Aeronautics Administration officials.
The earliest daily passenger flights available that day will be provided by Taiwan's TransAsia Airways and China's China Eastern Airlines and will take off 8 a.m. from Taipei for Shanghai and from Shanghai for Taoyuan, respectively.
Fonte: Taiwan Headlines
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