Evergreen Line and Wan Hai Lines have announced a joint service agreement covering ports in Japan, Taiwan and the Philippine Islands. Commencing September 12 from Hong Kong.

The new service will replace Evergreen Line's existing NSE route, which covered North and Southeast Asia. The weekly service will use three vessels of 1,200-teu and will have a 21-day rotation. Wan Hai will contribute two vessels and Evergreen one.

Ports of call will be Osaka, Kobe, Shimizu, Yokohama, Tokyo, Keelung, Taichung, Hong Kong, Manila, Hong Kong, Shekou and Xiamen.