Lloyd Triestino, Zim choose Wilmington on Asia/U.S. East Coast loop

Lloyd Triestino, Zim choose Wilmington on Asia/U.S. East Coast loop    Lloyd Triestino and Zim Integrated Shipping Services will start calling at Wilmington, N.C. instead of Norfolk, Va. on their joint weekly all-water Asia/U.S. East Coast “Asia USA Express” service from early January.
   The vessel “Zim Adriatic” will start the new voyage rotation when it departs Shanghai Jan. 5, and is scheduled to arrive at Wilmington Feb. 7.
   The move to Wilmington “was made in response to customers requirements and the concentration of major distribution centers in North Carolina,” said Zim in a statement.
   The “AUX” service uses nine ships averaging 2,812 TEUs and has a revised port rotation of Shanghai; Ningbo; Qingdao; Cristobal, Panama; Kingston, Jamaica; Port Everglades, Fla.; Savannah, Ga.; Wilmington, N.C.; Kingston; Cristobal; and back to Shanghai.
   Lloyd Triestino’s parent company Evergreen Marine, takes space on the “AUX” service between Asia and Panama.