LLOYD TRIESTINO FINALIZES TWO NEW TRANSPACIFIC SERVICES

MALAYSIA AIRLINES, KLM EXPAND CODESHARE AGREEMENT    The Italian carrier Lloyd Triestino has announced the start dates for two additional transpacific container services.
   Lloyd Triestino entered the transpacific trade in August with one weekly eastbound and westbound service between Asia and the U.S. East Coast, operated in cooperation with parent company Evergreen. The Italian carrier will now start offering, in the next few weeks, two Asia/West Coast of North America weekly services called TPN and HTW, also in cooperation with Evergreen.
   Lloyd Triestino will begin accepting cargo on the TPN service, previously operated by Evergreen on its own, starting with the sailing of the Ever Diadem eastbound from Kaohsiung on Nov. 30 and westbound from Vancouver on Dec. 18. The TPN service calls at Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Osaka, Tokyo, Tacoma, Vancouver, Tacoma, Tokyo, Osaka and Kaohsiung.
   In addition, the first Lloyd Triestino sailings on the HTW service will be provided by the Ever Gleeful, sailing eastbound from Kaohsiung on Dec. 22 and westbound from Los Angeles on Jan. 9. The HTW service calls at Pusan, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Portland, Tacoma, Vancouver and Pusan.
   Lloyd Triestino said it will provide one of the five ships in the TPN service. The carrier will take delivery of the first of three new 5,364-TEU ships, the LT Usodimare, in late November.
   Lloyd Triestino's Asia/U.S. East Coast all-water service, introduced in August, uses slots on Evergreen's respective eastbound and westbound Round-the-World services.
   A spokesman for Lloyd Triestino aid the transpacific trade” is easily the largest and most important theater of operations and you cannot be a global player if you are not a participant.”
   Lloyd Triestino is building a network of representative offices in the United States.