TAIWAN's Wan Hai Lines has recommenced a new independent Asia-Mexico-West Coast South America container shipping service, called WSA, after it left the Asia-Mexico-WCSA (WSA2) service
Wan Hai re-starts its own Asia-Mexico-west coast South America loop
TAIWAN's Wan Hai Lines has recommenced a new independent Asia-Mexico-West Coast South America container shipping service, called WSA, after it left the Asia-Mexico-WCSA (WSA2) service jointly operated by Evergreen Line, Cosco and Pacific International Lines (PIL).
The port rotation for the new service that connects Taiwan, China and Hong Kong to key ports in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru is: Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Shekou, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Manzanillo (Mexico), Lazaro Cardenas, Buenaventura, Guayaquil, Callao, Manzanillo (Mexico), and back to Kaohsiung.
The maiden voyage set sail from Kaohsiung on July 6. The service is reportedly operated by 1,500 TEU containerships.
Last year Wan Hai Lines restructured its Asia-Mexico-West Coast of South America when it shelved its own WSA service that it launched in July 2012 and in September joined Coscon and the consortium of CCNI, Hamburg Sud, CSCL, Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai Merchant Marine, to provide three separate services on the trade land. It joined Coscon's WSA and the CCNI consortium's NAX and CEX services to replace its WSA service.