Evergreen joins South America service

   Evergreen Line, will join a service between the U.S. East Coast and South America currently operated by NYK, Hanjin, and Hyundai in March.
   It’s a return to the trade for Evergreen, which had pulled out of a space sharing agreement on the same trade lane with Hamburg-Sud in 2008 during the sharp downturn in shipping.
   The Taiwan-based carrier continued its service between Asia and the East Coast of South America during the downturn, so its reentry will allow Evergreen to serve shippers on that route that also need to move cargo between South America and the U.S., said Dominic C. Obrigkeit, senior vice president.
   Evergreen will contribute one ship to the Atlantic North South service, as will Hanjin and Hyundai; NYK will contribute three. The six ships have capacity of about 2,100 TEU each and operate in the following rotation: Norfolk, New York, Savannah, Miami, Caucedo in the Dominican Republic, and then four ports in Brazil–Santos, Navegantes, Rio De Janeiro, and Vitoria, before returning north to Caucedo and Norfolk.
   Evergreen’s first sailing is from Norfolk on March 22.