Evergreen rationalises Far East services

Evergreen head office in Taiwan confirmed to FTW last week that the line was planning a merger of its Far East-South Africa (FAX) and its Far East-East Coast South America (ECSA) service (ESA) by adding SA ports. This will create a Far East-SA-ECSA service. 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 be deploying seven vessels, and Chinese carrier Cosco four – a total of 11 vessels, due to be sailing on a weekly basis. “The rationalisation that Evergreen and Cosco is implementing will cut back on the dual trade function and reduce the cost of tonnage deployed,” a spokesman told FTW.