COSCO ADDS NINGBO, CHARTERS EVERGREEN SHIP IN PACIFIC

   COSCO Container Lines has released details of its revised transpacific "CES" service and confirmed that it is chartering a vessel owned by Evergreen for the service.
   The service now includes a direct call at Ningbo, China.
   The revised rotation, operated jointly by COSCO, Yangming Marine Transport and "K" Line, of the service is Yokohama; Hong Kong; Xiamen; Ningbo; Shanghai; Kobe; Nagoya; Long Beach; Oakland; and Yokohama again.
   Full details of the revised service can be found on-line at https://www.compairschedules.com.
   The Evergreen vessel "Ever Guide" joins the service when it sails from Xiamen Dec. 12.
   The Ever Guide is just under 1,300 TEUs bigger than the vessel it replaces on the service.
   Evergreen said that it is chartering the vessel to COSCO without entering into a slot charter agreement. "There has been no filing with the Federal Maritime Commission and therefore, there cannot be a slot charter in U.S. trades," the spokesman said
   Recently the Evergreen Group’s chairman talked of expanding the cooperation between Evergreen and COSCO to additional trade routes.