Press Release

DaChan Bay Terminals, the newest and first-class container terminal in West Shenzhen, will warmly welcome the maiden call of South China East Coast Express Service (SCE2) jointly operated by Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, NYK, OOCL and ZIM on 13 May. 

Mr. Danny Hoffmann, President - Asia Pacific Area of ZIM commented: “Committed to improving our services for our customers in South China, where there is considerable growth potential, we are delighted to add this Transpacific service at DaChan Bay Terminals starting from 13 May.  This new service provides to our customers better port coverage between South China and the East Coast of America.  We have enjoyed  our business partnership  with DaChan Bay Terminals over the last year.  Not only is the terminal best located to facilitate our business expansion in the region, its professional team also provides excellent service that perfectly fits our needs. ”

Mr. Yasushi Orito, Managing Director of NYK Line (HK) Ltd., also remarked: “Adding this new South China East Coast Service at DaChan Bay, we expect to deliver more value  to our customers in South China through our optimized port coverage and reliable service together with the high level of efficiency and expertise from the professional team of DaChan Bay.  We look forward to continuing our business with DaChan Bay Terminals in South China region.”

For South China East Coast Express Service, ZIM, NYK and HMM deploy 4, 3 and 2 vessels respectively with carrying capacity of 4,500-4,900 TEUs.  It is the second Transpacific (TP) string of Grand Alliance and a new string of ZIM that calls DaChan Bay Terminals after revamping its transpacific service.  It is also the first string calling Da Chan Bay that HMM deploys its vessels for.

This new service provides weekly calls at DaChan Bay Terminals every Friday, following a port rotation of Pusan - Shanghai (YAN) - Xiamen - DaChan Bay Terminals - Hong Kong - Yan Tian - Panama Canal - Cristobal - Kingston - Savannah - North Charleston - Kingston - Cristobal - Panama Canal - Pusan.