DHL launches direct US – China LCL service

DHL has launched yet another new direct LCL service – this time from Shanghai to Seattle.

Operated by DHL’s in-house carrier, Danmar Lines, the new direct weekly LCL service will cover freight moving from Mainland China to Seattle and Portland on the US West Coast.

The new service can reduce the overall transit time between China and the US by four days, compared to current service transit times. With cargo shipped directly from Shanghai to Seattle, customers can expect their shipments to arrive in the US within twelve days.

DHL has been expanding its LCL network in China, and currently operates more than thirty direct LCL services between China and the US.

In 2010, the Port of Shanghai overtook Singapore to become the world’s busiest and largest container port, with a total container throughput of 29 million TEU. Most recently, Shanghai announced plans to kick-start the fourth phase of expansion at Yangshan Deep-Port, a project estimated to cost more than US$1.5 billion. The expansion will increase the deepwater port’s handling capacity by 40% to 9.3 million TEU by 2015 and facilitate Shanghai’s efforts to build an international shipping hub.

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