Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM revamps China-US west coast services

Maersk Line, together with MSC and CMA CGM, are in the process of reorganizing their respective services between China and the US west coast, to launch three separate joint services in April.

The first service, which MSC has named the 'Eagle Express', will cover Central and Southern China, and will call at Hong Kong, Yantian, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Qingdao and Los Angeles. The second service, the 'New Orient Express', will cover Central and Northern China, making port of calls at Dalian, Tianjin Xingang, Shanghai, Ningbo, Long Beach and Oakland. Each of these two new services will deploy five 8,000TEU ships, with four operated by Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company and two vessels operated by CMA CGM.

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