Evergreen and Coscon to split services

- To meet market demand, Evergreen Line and Coscon will divide the existing Far East and South Africa/East Coast South American (ESA) service, which is operated jointly by both carriers. The new routes effective mid-May 2010 will be the Far East – South America (ESA) service and Far East –Africa Express (FAX) service.

The new Far East – Africa Express (FAX) will start operation May 14, 2010. Evergreen Line and Coscon will dispatch eight vessels of 2,700 – 3,400 teu. Port rotation will be: 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 May 15, 2010. Evergreen will deploy six ships and Coscon will deploy four vessels each of 3,500 teu.

Port rotation will be : Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Singapore - Santos - Montevideo – Buenos Aires - Santos – Singapore – Hong Kong - Shanghai.

An Evergreen Line and Coscon statement said, "Our customers need services that are transit time-competitive to meet their market demands. Dividing these two services will allow greatly flexibility and more expedient round-trip voyages."

(Source: Container Management)