Evergreen renews direct calls at Ashdod

The service which will employ 13 TEU 6,000 capacity vessels will call at Ashdod port as the first port of call after crossing the Suez Canal
 
Evergreen Marine Corporation announced last week its decision to renew direct calls in Israel.
 
Evergreen Marine Corporation based in Taipei, Taiwan is part of the Evergreen Group conglomerate of transportation firms and associated companies.
 
Evergreen is the fourth largest shipping company of its type, ranked behind Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM.
 
Green Shipping, Evergreen's port agent in Israel, said in a press release that the Israeli shipping community strongly supported in the past Evergreen's direct Fareast services to Ashdod. therefore the carrier feels obliged to continue serving Israeli market on a direct superior service.
The carrier had a major decision to divert their largest West Mediterranean flag service being the UAM to call Ashdod directly as first entry port after crossing the Suez Canal. The first vessel which will call Ashdod on adirect basis will be the Ever Uberty voy 0102-079 W loading in Shanghai on the 28th of April.
 
The UAM service deploys 13 TEU 6,000 capacity vessels which will call at Ashdod on a fix day weekly basis by arriving at Ashdod Port every Wednesday PM hrs.
 
Port rotation will be as follows:
 
Tokyo – Osaka – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Tanjung Pelepas – Colombo – Suez Canal – Ashdod – Alexandria -  Taranto - Genoa – Barcelona – Valencia - Tacoma – Vancouver.