Evergreen, CSCL and ZIM launch new Asia-Europe route
Evergreen Line, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) will launch a new joint weekly Asia-Europe service in late-April. The service will be called the CES2 by Evergreen and AEX2 by CSCL and ZIM. According to the three carriers, the new service will add the ports of Xiamen in South China and Antwerp in Belgium to enhance space availability for shippers using Asia-Europe services. Shippers will also have a more complete Asia-Europe container transport network. The three carriers will deploy nine vessels: five 8,000 TEU ships from Evergreen, one 8,000 TEU and two 8,500 TEU vessels from ZIM and one 8,000 TEU from CSCL. The ZIM ANTWERP will initiate the new service from Qingdao on April 24th with the following 63-day rotation: Qingdao > Shanghai > Ningbo > Xiamen > Yantian > Tanjung Pelepas > Port Klang > Hamburg > Rotterdam > Antwerp > Tanjung Pelepas > Qingdao. Quelle: eyefortransport |