Evergreen Line and Coscon have announced that they are to divide the existing jointly operated Far East and South Africa/ East Coast South American (ESA) service, SeaTradeAsia reports.
Effective mid-May, the new routes will be the Far East - South America (ESA) service and Far East - Africa Express (FAX) service.
The two companies’ executives say the move has been made to tailor the services to customers needs and make it more flexible and competitive.
The new Far East - Africa Express (FAX) will start operation May 14. Evergreen Line and Coscon will dispatch eight vessels of 2,700 - 3,400teu. The port rotation is as follows: Shanghai - Ningbo - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Tanjung Pelepas - Durban - Cape Town - Singapore - Kaohsiung - Shanghai.
The new Far East - South America (ESA) service will commence from May 15. Evergreen will deploy six ships and Coscon will deploy four vessels each of 3,500teu. The port rotation is as follows: Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Singapore - Santos - Montevideo - Buenos Aires - Santos - Singapore - Hong Kong - Shanghai.
Effective mid-May, the new routes will be the Far East - South America (ESA) service and Far East - Africa Express (FAX) service.
The two companies’ executives say the move has been made to tailor the services to customers needs and make it more flexible and competitive.
The new Far East - Africa Express (FAX) will start operation May 14. Evergreen Line and Coscon will dispatch eight vessels of 2,700 - 3,400teu. The port rotation is as follows: Shanghai - Ningbo - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Tanjung Pelepas - Durban - Cape Town - Singapore - Kaohsiung - Shanghai.
The new Far East - South America (ESA) service will commence from May 15. Evergreen will deploy six ships and Coscon will deploy four vessels each of 3,500teu. The port rotation is as follows: Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Singapore - Santos - Montevideo - Buenos Aires - Santos - Singapore - Hong Kong - Shanghai.