Evergreen combines Far East South Africa and South American services

EVERGREEN plans a merger of its Far East-South Africa (FAX) and its FarEast-East Coast South America service (ESA) by adding South African ports, which will create a Far East-South Africa-East Coast South American service, reports AXS Alphaliner, the Paris-based consultancy.

The new service rotation will be: Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Durban, Cape Town, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Paranagua, Santos, Durban, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai. Evergreen will deploy seven ships in the 3,400- 4,300-TEU range sailing every 11 days.

AXS Alphaliner noted that the arrangement will be much as it was with the original ESA service, which was split into the current ESA and FAX services in April, 2007. Cosco, which is Evergreen's partner on the two current services, has yet to unveil plans to serve these trades, said Alphaliner.

(Source: News and Data Online)