An item reported that the Dutch shipping company N.V. Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij managed the decrease the travelling time on the Holland-Oost-Azië Lijn starting in 1931 by 5 days making it possible to travel within 59 days from Rotterdam, Netherlands towards Vladivostok, Russia, To load or unload cargoes were Antwerp (Belgium), Hamburg (Germany), Amsterdam and Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Genoa (Italy) visited) while all ships visited the harbours Dairen, Chinwangtao, Tientsin and Wei-Hai-Wei.
