Four carriers to jointly launch new service from Asia to South America West Coast

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), Hanjin Shipping (HJS), CMA CGM S.A. (CMA CGM) and Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) announced the joint launch of a new direct service from Asia to South America West Coast starting from the middle of September.

Offering a direct and weekly sailing with a 70-day round-trip voyage, this new service will cover the trade lane linking Asia and South America West Coast including Manzanillo, Mexico.

Also, ten vessels with loadable capacity of 2,350~2,550 TEU and 300 usable reefer plugs will be deployed in the service among which CSCL and HJS will provide four ships each, CMA CGM and HMM one each.

According to the partner carriers, they are confident that the introduction of this direct service will improve the current transit time and fulfill customers growing need in accordance with the increasing trade activity from Asia to West Coast of South America.

ALW (Asia-Latin America West Coast Express) Service

- Port Rotation: Shekou-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-Manzanillo-Buenaventura- Guayaquil-Callao-Iquique-Valparaiso-SanVicente-Manzanillo-Pusan-Shekou

- Vessel Deployed: 2,350~2,550 TEU X 10 (CSCL X 4, HJS X 4, CMA CGM X 1, HMM X 1)

- Date of Commencement: September 13th, 2010 (ETA Shekou)