The new service will comprise 11 vessels with a capacity of 3,500 TEUs. COSCON will provide four vessels and Evergreen will provide seven vessels separately.
The first vessel to depart was MASS 0816W from Shanghai on July 6, 2009.
Port rotation is as follows: Shanghai / Ningbo / Kaohsiung / Yantian / Hong Kong/ Singapore / Tanjung Pelepas PTP / Durban / Cape Town / Montevideo / Buenos Aires / Paranagua / Santos / Durban / Singapore / Hong Kong / Shanghai. Port of Kaohsiung and Paranagua are served by Evergreen's vessels only.
Through the combined weekly service, a wider scope of port calls will be offered as well as fixed day weekly departures.