TAIWAN's Evergreen shipping line has commenced an intra-Asia service linking Japan to south China, called the JTS service.
The port rotation for the new weekly service is: Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Keelung, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Shekou, Hong Kong, Haiphong, Zhangjiang, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Shekou and back to Tokyo.
According to affiliate ComPair Data, the JTS service deploys three 1,164-TEU ships. It said this marks the second service that Evergreen operates to connect ports in Japan to south China.
The port rotation for its NSC service is: Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimizu, Nagoya, Yokkaichi, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Shekou, Hong Kong and back to Tokyo. The NSC deploys three 1,618-TEU ships.
The carrier also participates in two other intra-Asia services that call at ports in Japan and south China, including Wan Hai's JTP service, with Evergreen operating one of three vessels running the service. Evergreen also purchases container slots on Yang Ming's JCM service that is operated with four ships, reported American Shipper.