The company said AEC1, AEC3, AEC4 will jointwo enhanced services, AEC8, AEC9, to broaden its market coverage this month.

The runs will add new direct services tomore ports, in a vessel-sharing deal with CSCL and a slot-swap with HanjinShipping and Evergreen.

AEC1 will use 10 ships of between 8,500 and9,500 teu, calling in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the UK, Germany and Belgium.

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