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8/5/2010
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Ocean carrier adds service at Long Beach port
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Matson Navigation Co. recently announced plans to expand service between China and the Port of Long Beach, Calif., by adding a second string of vessels.
The new vessels will provide service from the ports of Hong Kong, Shenzen and Shanghai, China to Long Beach, and add an estimated 234,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to trade volume at Long Beach, port officials said in a prepared statement. The deployed ships will have an average capacity of 3,500 TEUs.
The weekly service is expected to being in mid-August and be fully deployed by early October.
The new vessels will provide service from the ports of Hong Kong, Shenzen and Shanghai, China to Long Beach, and add an estimated 234,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to trade volume at Long Beach, port officials said in a prepared statement. The deployed ships will have an average capacity of 3,500 TEUs.
The weekly service is expected to being in mid-August and be fully deployed by early October.
