Great Western adds Shanghai, capacity to Pacific service

Great Western adds Shanghai, capacity to Pacific service 'Tequesta, Fla.-based Great Western Steamship Co. said it has received approval from the Chinese Ministry of Communications to add port calls at Shanghai to its weekly transpacific service.
''''The carrier had been calling at Shanghai on a “tramp basis.”
''''The Chinese ministry also gave Great Western the go-ahead for direct calls to be made at Shekou, in South China. A spokesman for Great Western said that it has not yet decided whether to introduce calls at Shekou.
''''The revised rotation of the weekly service is Los Angeles, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
''''Great Western has recently added a fifth vessel to the transpacific service to help maintain a fixed-day weekly frequency.
''''Recently, the carrier has replaced four smaller ships of about 1,300-TEU capacity with larger 1,600-TEU vessels.
''''Details of the revised service are posted on ComPairData, the global shipping database on the Internet at www.compairdata.com.