Evergreen Line and Cosco Container Lines (COSCON) are to launch a new joint service, the China South East Asia Express Service (CSE). “By working together, we hope to see significantly upgraded service coverage and more efficiently utilized capacity on the South East Asia market,” said an Evergreen spokesperson.

The new CSE service, which is expected to take effect from shanghai on 26 July 2009, will operate with a total of four 2,100teu vessels of which three will be deployed by COSCON and one by Evergreen.

The port rotation is as follows:

Shanghai - Dalian - Xingang - Qingdao - Ningbo - Manila (south) - Jakarta - Singapore - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Kelang - Shanghai.