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THE Alliance and Evergreen launched their new Asia-US Gulf service with the inaugural sailing of the ONE Modern calling on Port New Orleans (Port NOLA) last week.
It marked Port NOLA's third weekly direct-Asia container service and adds to the port's two existing direct-Asia services operated by the 2M Alliance and OCEAN Alliance.
THE Alliance's East Coast Loop 6 (EC6) and Evergreen's Asia US Gulf (AUG) service includes Ocean Network Express (ONE), Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, Yang Ming Line (YML) and Evergreen.
The new service expands New Orleans' direct connectivity with Asian markets for importers and exporters, adds a new direct port of call to Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan and offers additional options for customers.
Port NOLA president and CEO Brandy D Christian said: "This new direct-Asia service highlights the industry's continued investment in the New Orleans market and the importance of the Louisiana gateway's connectivity to Asia. We are excited that our partners at Hapag Lloyd, ONE, HMM, Yang Ming and Evergreen are committing to this service and increasing access between the US Gulf and the global market."
The service's direct ports of call, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, (Panama), Houston, Mobile, New Orleans, (Panama) and Kaohsiung, will offer the best transit times for exporters out of New Orleans.
The service will be handled by terminal operator Ports America at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, reports Colchester's Seatrade Maritime News.
"At a time when the west coast is operationally under great pressure and shippers are increasingly looking at the carbon intensity of their logistics routing, it is exciting that ONE and the Port of New Orleans has a new weekly direct service connection with Asia," said ONE chief executive Jeremy Nixon.
Port NOLA is currently in the process of a US$100 million expansion project at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal that will increase capacity to 1 million TEU.
The port also is in the due diligence process for a US$1.5 billion multimodal container terminal with a two million TEU capacity to serve the largest container vessels calling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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