Port-direct Asia container service

NEW ORLEANS - The Alliance announced a new direct-Asia container service that will call the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), the East Coast Loop 6 (EC6) service via the Panama Canal. Members of The Alliance Ocean Network Express (ONE), Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Yang Ming Line stated Dec. 23 that they are launching the EC6, calling it “the first service within The Alliance network to directly and seamlessly connect the U.S. Gulf (Coast) with important ports in Asia.” This new service will launch in April 2021. The direct ports of call will be Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Houston, Mobile, Ala., New Orleans. Kaohsiung offers the best transit times for exporters out of New Orleans. The new service will be handled by terminal operator Ports America at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. (Source: Port NOLA 12/23/20) Port NOLA | THE Alliance Adds New Weekly Direct-Asia Container…