JOY ORLEK EVERGREEN AND Cosco Container Lines (COSCON) are to split their current ESA service, which links Asia, South Africa and the East Coast of South America. They will create two new upgraded services: a new ESA service between the Far East and South America and FAX, a new Far East - South Africa service. The ESA service will provide faster transit times between major ports in the Far East and destinations in South America while the new FAX service will provide direct calls at the major ports of Central China and Southern China. The new FAX service will deploy eight 3 400 TEU vessels. Five will be operated by Evergreen and three by COSCON. The port rotation of the new FAX service will be Shanghai - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Tanjung Pelepas - Durban - Cape Town - Singapore - Hong Kong - Kaohsiung - Shanghai.
