Evergreen, CSCL, ZIM start new Asia-Europe service

Evergreen, CSCL, ZIM start new Asia-Europe service    Evergreen Line, China Shipping Container Lines, and Zim said they will start a new joint weekly Asia-Europe service in late April.
   The service is named CES2 by Evergreen and AEX2 by CSCL and ZIM.
      In a joint statement, the three carriers said the new service will add the ports of Xiamen in South China and Belgium's Antwerp to enhance space availability for shippers using Asia-Europe services.
   The three carriers together will deploy nine ships with capacity between 8,000 TEUs and 8,500 TEUs.    Evergreen will supply five 8,000-TEU vessels.    One 8,000-TEU and two 8,500-TEU vessels will come from Zim's fleet and one 8,000-TEU from CSCL.
   The Zim Antwerp will initiate the new service from Qingdao on April 24 with the following 63-day rotation: Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Tanjung Pelepas, and Qingdao.