Evergreen Line enhanced its North China service network by adding Tianjin into its China-South US West Coast-China Service (CPS).

The 6,332-TEU vessel Hatsu Envoy commenced the new weekly route on January 2, 2009 sailing from Tianjin operating a weekly service with rotation as follows:

Tianjin − Shanghai − Ningbo − Qingdao − Los Angeles - Oakland − Tianjin

A company' spokesperson explained, "This move has been designed to meet the growing cargo needs from North China. Cargo can be directly connected into Evergreen's global liner network to help customers deliver better and quicker results."