Thursday, August 21, 2014
Evergreen returns to Port of Boston on Asia-U.S. East Coast service
Evergreen Line’s Ital Lunare celebrated its maiden call to the Port of Boston at a presentation on Monday, marking the first time the shipping line has called directly at Boston in nearly 30 years, according to a port statement.
The Ital Lunare has been added to the weekly AWE2 service between North Asia and the U.S. East Coast, operated by the recently expanded CKYHE alliance.
The service calls Qingdao, Shanghai, and Ningbo, China before crossing the Pacific Ocean, transiting the Panama Canal, and then calling the U.S. ports of New York, Boston, and Norfolk, VA.
During the 12-month period between July 2013 and June 2014, the port said its Conley Terminal saw 13 percent growth on the Asia service (AWE2) and 6 percent growth overall. The number of containers handled per ship call on the service also increased 15 percent during the same period.
"As we move forward with the dredging of Boston Harbor, we expect to continue to see new lines and new, bigger ships calling Boston" said Massport Port Director Deborah Hadden.
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