Seaboard launches new Miami-South America container service

The new weekly service is being supported by three dedicated vessels providing direct transits through the Panama Canal between Miami and a handful of cities in Ecuador and Peru.

   Miami, Fla.-based container carrier Seaboard Marine is launching a new service between PortMiami, Ecuador, and two cities in Peru beginning Aug. 11.
   “Our customers have been requesting faster transit times to and from Ecuador and Peru. This new weekly service does exactly that by providing more rapid southbound transit to Guayaquil, Callao, and Paita from Florida,” Seaboard Marine Vice President of South America Piero Buitano said in a statement.
   The new northbound transit times to PortMiami, Buitano said, are “unmatched” by any carrier, and “ideal” for the transport of refrigerated cargo from both Ecuador and Peru.
   The new weekly service is supported by three dedicated vessels providing direct service through the Panama Canal to and from Ecuador and Peru. The expanded service will support all equipment types, plus less-than-container load cargo via Seaboard Marine’s Miami warehouse, the company says.
   The documentation and delivery cut-off at PortMiami is each Thursday, with the dedicated weekly vessels departing for South America each Friday with arrival at Guayaquil every Saturday, Callao every Sunday and Paita each Wednesday, according to Seaboard Marine.
   Total transit time from Miami to Ecuador is scheduled at eight days; to Callao, Peru is nine days and Paita, Peru is 12 days, according to the schedule.
   Northbound cargo to PortMiami will depart from Guayaquil every Friday, from Paita every Wednesday and from Callao each Tuesday, Seaboard has said. The transit times from each city to Miami is set at six, eight and nine days, respectively.
   Cargo is scheduled to arrive at PortMiami each Thursday with same day availability.