CHINA SHIPPING DEPLOYS TWO 5,600-TEU SHIPS ON ASIA/EUROPE ROUTE
China Shipping Group has introduced two new 26-knot, 5,600-TEU containerships into its Asia/Mediterranean/north Europe “AEX” service.
The “Xin Pu Dong” and “Xin Da Lian” 5,600-TEU ships “are the biggest container ships ever built by Chinese yards,” a spokesman for the Chinese state-owned carrier said.
The AEX service has a rotation of Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Chiwan, Hong Kong, Port Klang, Genoa, Valencia, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Genoa, Khor Fakkan, Port Klang, Hong Kong and Shanghai. CMA CGM, Zim Israel Navigation and Sinotrans take space on the service.