Matson's new service to South China complements its existing service to North China, on the backhaul of its core U.S. West Coast/Hawaii/Guam trade. The new service, as American Shipper reported in late August, has a rotation of Hong Kong, Shenzen, Shanghai, Long Beach and Hong Kong. The service operates with five newly chartered 3,500-TEU vessels, though the new ships are not eligible to trade in the Jones Act between the mainland and Hawaii Guam because they were not U.S. built nor do they employ U.S. mariners.
In Shenzhen, the service calls at Da Chan Bay.
