Asian lines to add Far East/WCSA loop
Evergreen Line, COSCO Container Lines, PIL and Wan Hai will start a service linking the Far East and the West Coast of South America April 30, the carriers said Monday.
The new weekly service will have a rotation of Kaohsiung, Yantian, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Manzanillo (Mexico), Buenaventura, Callao, Iquique, San Antonio, Callao, Manzanillo and Kaohsiung. It will be operated with 10 3,000-TEU vessels, with Evergreen providing four ships and the other three partners providing two each.
Evergreen said the service was launched due to the 'booming Asia/WCSA market.” It provides the first direct link in the trade for all four lines. According to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data, 12 lines link Asia with the West Coast of South America via eight different loops.
Asian lines to add Far East/WCSA loop
