Evergreen, CSCL, ZIM to launch new Asia-Europe service

Box liners Evergreen Line, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services will launch a new joint weekly Asia-Europe service. The service, scheduled to start on 24 April, will be named CES2 by Evergreen and AEX2 by CSCL and ZIM. “The new service will add the ports of Xiamen in south China and Antwerp in Belgium to enhance space availability for shippers utilising Asia-Europe services. The shippers will have a more complete Asia-Europe container transport network,” spokespersons for the three carriers said. The three carriers together will deploy nine ships with capacity of between 8,000-8,500 teu. Evergreen will supply five 8,000 teu vessels, ZIM will provide one 8,000 teu and two 8,500 teu vessels and CSCL will offer one 8,000 teu vessel. A ZIM vessel will start the new service from Qingdao with a 63-day port rotation covering Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp.