HONG KONG's OOCL has announced it will add Shanghai and Los Angeles to its Pacific Atlantic Express (PAX) service's eastbound port calls and drop Shenzhen-Shekou and Hong Kong.

The transpacific westbound route is Halifax, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Manzanillo, Los Angeles, Oakland, Yokohama, Kobe, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Yantian, Shanghai-Yangshan and Nagoya. Westbound voyages from Halifax will start on April 9 on OOCL's London Express 70w13 loop, said the carrier.

Its transpacific eastbound route will call at Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Yantian, Shanghai-Yangshan, Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, Manzanillo, Savannah, Norfolk, New York and Halifax. The eastbound voyage from Shenzhen-Yantian will commence on May 9 on its Seoul Express 01E19 loop.

Additionally, OOCL said Seattle will be dropped and replaced by Tacoma from July 1.