Taipei, 25 June – To accommodate the need for greater capacity, Evergreen Line, China Shipping and CMA CGM will work together to launch an upgraded AEX7 (Asia-Europe service). The new cooperation, which will commence at the end of June, will to provide greater frequency and meet requirements and expectations of customers in this service.

This is the first time the three carriers have combined their efforts to integrate the Asia-Europe AEX7 service. It is expected that by fully utilizing the current containerships and through flexible strategy three carriers together will deploy a total of nine vessels of 8000-9250-TEU capacity. The AEX7 service will operate with six CSCL vessels, two from Evergreen and one from CMA CGM.

The AEX7 service port rotation is: Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Hong Kong, Yantian, Port Kelang, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Zeebrugge, Port Kelang, Shanghai.