• Iris Logistics, Inc.’s MV Iris Paoay will start an intra-Asia service in August that will link the Philippines directly to Thailand and Vietnam

• The service will start soon after MV Iris Paoay arrives in Manila on August 25 from Los Angeles, California

• It will call Manila South Harbor, Bangkok, Laem Cha Bang, and Ho Chi Minh ports

Iris Logistics, Inc. will launch in August an intra-Asia service that will link the Philippines directly to Thailand and Vietnam.

The service will start after MV Iris Paoay arrives in Manila on August 25 from Los Angeles, California, its parent firm Royal Cargo said in a customer advisory.

The 1,118-twenty foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessel had been used by Iris Logistics for its US service that began in September 2021, in response to local exporters’ clamor after experiencing shipping difficulties due to COVID-19-induced supply chain and logistics issues.

Royal Cargo earlier deployed MV Iris Paoay as the first Philippine-flag container vessel to sail directly to the US in about 30 years.

The new intra-Asia service will call the following terminals:

• Manila South Harbor
• Bangkok: Thai Connectivity Terminal TCT (operated by PSA Terminals)
• Laem Cha Bang: Eastern Sea Laem Cha Bang Terminal
• Ho Chi Minh: Tan Thuan Terminal Saigon Port (can also accept delivery at Cat Lai Terminal upon request)

The vessel will depart Manila South Harbor on August 26 and call General Santos and Davao ports before sailing to Bangkok, arriving there on September 6.

The vessel will leave Bangkok on September 7 and arrive on the same day at Laem Cha Bang in Chonburi province, 130 km southeast of Bangkok. It will depart the next day for Ho Chi Minh and arrive in the southern Vietnamese port on September 11.

MV Iris Paoay will depart Ho Chi Minh on September 12 and arrive at Manila South Harbor on September 15.

Iris Logistics, formerly Royal Cargo Lines Inc., is a subsidiary of Royal Cargo, which operates domestic maritime and transport services.