Anticipating further positive development in the intra-Asia market, Evergreen Line says it is set to launch a new ocean route from Northern China to Jakarta.

    The Hua-Bei-Indonesia (HBI) service is aimed at providing greater speed and efficiency for customers serving this growing economic region. Indonesia has a population of more than 200m people and is the largest consuming market in SE Asia with an average economic growth rate of 5-6% over the past five year. Even during the global economic crisis in 2009, Evergreen's trade to Indonesia "still enjoyed impressive growth of 4.5%,” said a company spokesman.

    Three container ships of 1700-TEU and one of 2000-TEU vessel will be deployed in the service with the following port rotation: Xingang - Dalian - Qingdao - Hong Kong - Shekou - Jakarta - Hong Kong - Kaohsiung - Shanghai - Xingang.

(Source:http://www.seatrade-asia.com)