为加强与中东主要市场的联系，太平洋国际航运公司（PIL）拓展了其中国波斯湾服务（GCS）。该公司将在现有停靠地——阿联酋杰贝尔阿里港（Jebel Ali）和沙特阿拉伯达曼港（Dammam）的基础上新增停靠卡塔尔哈马德港（Hamad），并在中国到中东的西行航线上停靠新加坡。升级后的航线将于2023年1月9日从上海启航，由七艘船舶组成的船队承担运输任务，平均有效运力将达4000–5200 标箱（TEU）。GCS新航线的停靠港如下：上海-宁波-南沙-蛇口-新加坡-杰贝阿里-达曼-哈马德-新加坡-上海。此外，早在去年10月，PIL就推出了包括火车、卡车和驳船等在内的多式联运服务，通过其在亚洲、非洲、中东、拉丁美洲和大洋洲的现有网络，进一步提升其集装箱航运服务。

        Pacific International Lines (PIL) has enhanced its Gulf China Service (GCS) to improve connectivity to key markets in the Middle East. The service will now see the addition of Hamad Port in Qatar to the existing calls to Jebel Ali in Dubai and Dammam in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the enhanced service will call Singapore on the West bound route from China to Middle East. These Changes will be effective starting 9 January 2023 from Shanghai, served by the current consortium of seven vessels with an upgraded average effective capacity of 4000–5200 TEU. The ports of call for the further enhanced GCS service are: Shanghai – Ningbo- Nansha – Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Dammam – Hamad – Singapore – Shanghai. In October, the Singaporean company introduced the PIL Intermodal Services, offering train, truck, and barge services to complement its container shipping services.The new Intermodal Services are available across its existing network in Intra-Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America and Oceania.

services n. 服务，业务；v. 维修，检修

美/ˈsɜrvɪs/  英/ˈsɜː(r)vɪs/

其词根serve有“服务、保持”的意思，来源于拉丁语动词servio，servire“服务”

intermodal services n. 多式联运服务

Tips：由两种及以上的交通工具相互衔接、转运而共同完成的运输过程统称为复合运输，我国习惯上称之为多式联运。《联合国国际货物多式联运公约》对国际多式联运所下的定义是：按照国际多式联运合同，以至少两种不同的运输方式，由多式联运经营人把货物从一国境内接管地点运至另一国境内指定交付地点的货物运输。而中国《海商法》规定，多式联运中必须有种方式是海运。