New ocean services
Evergreen, OOCL and Simatech launch SE Asia – Middle East service; Horizon Lines announces a new China – California service. In response to growing trade demand between ASEAN nations, India, Pakistan and the UAE, Evergreen Line, Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and Simatech Shipping have agreed to operate a new joint Southeast Asia – India – Middle East liner service, starting on August 20th. The ASEAN-Gulf-ISC (AGI) service will deploy five 2,700 ships on the following port rotation with a 35-day voyage: Laem Chabang > Singapore > Tanjung Pelepas > Port Klang > Colombo > Jebel Ali > Karachi > Mundra > Colombo > Port Klang > Singapore > Laem Chabang. Beginning on December 13th, Horizon Lines will launch a weekly liner service – the Five Star Express service – with port calls at Shanghai and Ningbo in Central China and Los Angeles and Oakland in California. Using its five 2,824 TEU capacity Hunter Class vessels, Horizon Lines will offer some of the fastest transit times in the transpacific trade, including eleven-day port-to-port transit from Shanghai to Los Angeles. Five of Horizon Lines‘ vessels currently call ports in China under its space-charter agreement with Maersk Line. Once that agreement expires on December 10th, Horizon Lines will begin transporting general cargo on behalf of direct commercial customers. In addition to offering customers a transpacific import alternative, the new Five Star Express service will allow Horizon Lines to serve an expanding military presence in Guam, where trade is expected to grow significantly in coming years. The Five Star Express service will connect with Horizon Lines‘ warehousing and distribution capabilities on the US West Coast to create an integrated import/export solution. Quelle: eyefortransport |