Cosco Shipping announces enhanced Trans-Atlantic Services

SHANGHAI : Cosco Shipping Lines has announced an upgrade to its Trans-Atlantic Service Suite. Effective February 2025 it will operate a comprehensive, and sophisticated four-loop Trans-Atlantic services between North Europe and North America.

This level-up will provide deliberate but more reliable transits to differentiate the service between North Europe and the North America East Coast North/South/Gulf market respectively, and to offer enhanced coverage of connecting 66 major key ports in this trade route.

The port rotations for the upgraded services are as follows:

TAE – Atlantic North East Coast Service:
Southampton – Antwerp – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Le Havre – New York – Norfolk – Baltimore – Southampton

TAX – Atlantic South East Coast Service:
Le Havre – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Bremerhaven – Charleston - Savannah - Le Havre

EAG – Atlantic Mexico/Gulf Coast Service:
Southampton - Rotterdam – Antwerp – Bremerhaven - Veracruz - Altamira - Houston - New Orleans – Southampton

In addition, a brand new all water service that links North Europe and US West Coast ports through Panama Canal is going to be launched simultaneously.

The port rotation for this service is as follows:

ELSA – Atlantic West Coast Service:
Southampton – Le Havre – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Miami – Cartagena – Rodman – Los Angeles – Oakland – Rodman – Caucedo – Southampton

Subject to regulatory approvals of competent authorities, Cosco’s new Trans-Atlantic services plan will begin operations in February 2025.

Separately, on December 23 New Golden Sea, a subsidiary of Cosco Shipping Holdings, launched the maiden voyage of its new Indonesia route YIX in Yangpu, Hainan, opening up another new shipping route between China and the ASEAN countries. Three 1,700 TEU vessels with stable carrying capacity will be deployed to call at the ports in Yangpu, Guangzhou, Indonesia and Singapore on the route.