A new Far East-north Europe service from Evergreen, Zim and China Shipping Container Line (CSCL) will come on stream on April 24 with a 63-day rotation and deploying nine ships of 8,000 - 8,500 TEU capacity, the Shipping Gazette informs.

The carriers will add Antwerp and Xiamen to the loop with Evergreen providing five ships, three coming from Zim and one from CSCL.

The service commences with the sailing of the Zim Antwerp from Qingdao on a rotation of Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Shenzhen-Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Tanjung Pelepas and back to Qingdao.