Hamburg Sud and CCNI (Compania Chilena de Navegacion Interoceanica) have announced their decision to restore capacity to pre-financial crisis levels in the trade between Asia, Mexico and South American West Coast.
According to the Shipping Gazette, recovering market volumes is the reason the two shipping companies are offering a "more complete service package".
From June, the service will consist of String 1 of eleven 4,200-TEU ships calling at Yokohama, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Yantian, Hong Kong, Manzanillo (Mexico), Lazaro Cardenas, Callao, Iquique, Puerto Angamos, Valparaiso, Lirquen, Lazaro Cardenas and back to Yokohama. String 2 with 10 vessels averaging 2,700 TEU will have the following port rotation: Keelung, Hong Kong, Shanghai, (Moji), Busan, Manzanillo (Mexico), Buenaventura, Guayaquil, (Iquique), Port Angamos/Antofagasta, Valparaiso and back to Keelung.