Evergreen Line, COSCO Container Lines (COSCON), Pacific International Lines (PIL) and Wan Hai Lines (WHL) will jointly launch a new service linking the Far East and the West Coast of South America (WCSA).

This new weekly service, commencing from Kaohsiung on April 30th, is in response to the booming Asia - WCSA market.' This 70-day round trip service will operate with 10 ships of approximately 3,000 TEU.' Evergreen Line will contribute four vessels, while COSCON, PIL and WHL will each deploy two vessels.' The port rotation is: Kaohsiung - Yantian - Hong Kong - Ningbo - Shanghai - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Buenaventura (Columbia) - Callao (Peru) - Iquique (Chile) - San Antonio (Chile) - Callao (Peru) - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Kaohsiung.