CSAV extends Asia/U.S. East Coast link

CSAV said its PACAR service between Asia and the Caribbean would be extended to include calls to the U.S. East Coast ports of Savannah and New York-New Jersey.

   The PACAR, recently upgraded to a weekly fixed service, will now operate with nine ships with capacities of 2,500 to 3,000 TEUs and will offer the new connection from Asia to Savannah and New York starting with the sailing of the Norasia Alps leaving Ningbo on Jan. 26.

   Port rotation is Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan, Manzanillo, Cartagena, Rio Haina, Savannah, New York (Port Elizabeth, N.J.), Cartagena, Lazaro Cardenas and Ningbo.

Source: American Shipper