Direct express line! ONE new route to West America officially launched!

Direct express line! ONE new route to West America officially launched!

Recently, the AP1 route of Ocean Network Shipping (ONE) officially set sail, and ONE and China Merchants Port (South China) Operation Center jointly held the first voyage ceremony of AP1 route at Shenzhen Shekou Port. The new route will connect Asia and the West Coast of the United States, providing customers with more flexible and diversified services.shipping agent

As imports from Asia to the West Coast of the United States continue to grow, ONE has said it will launch the AP1 service, which aims to strengthen its position in the trans-Pacific market by expanding its existing service network coverage.door to door shipping agent

It is understood that the AP1 route is jointly opened by Wanhai Shipping and ONE, launching direct service from Taipei and Shekou to the West coast of the United States. The return leg of the service is fast from the West Coast of the United States back to Vietnam, with an estimated transit time of 19 days to Haiphong and 22 days to Gaime

The port of call is: Haiphong - Gaimei - Shekou - Xiamen - Taipei - Ningbo - Shanghai - Los Angeles - Auckland - Shekou - Haiphong.
ONE has repeatedly stressed the importance of the trans-Pacific market to the company, and the opening of the new route will complement its existing route network and strengthen its market position in the context of continued growth in volumes from Asia to the Western United States.shipping agent from China to USA

It is understood that the amount of imports on the West Coast of the United States is rising month by month. Recently, the Port of Los Angeles (LA) and the Port of Long Beach (LB), two major ports in the West of the United States, have announced data for April this year. Data show that the container throughput of the two ports has continuously achieved year-on-year growth.

Container throughput at the Port of Los Angeles reached 770,000 TEU in April, up 12% year-over-year and the ninth consecutive month of year-over-year growth. Among them, imported heavy containers increased by 21.3% to 417,000 TEU, and exported heavy containers increased by 50.8% to 133,000 TEU. In addition, the number of empty containers passing through the Port of Los Angeles has decreased
14.0% to 220,000 TEU.
In the first four months of 2024, the Port of Los Angeles container throughput reached 3.151 million TEU, an increase of 24.8% over the same period last year.sea forwarder
The port of Long Beach handled 750,000 TEU of containers in April, up 14.4% from a year earlier. Among them, imported heavy containers increased 16.3% to 365,000 TEU, while export heavy containers decreased 19.9% year-on-year to 98,000 TEU. In addition, the number of empty containers passing through the Port of Long Beach increased 30.7 percent to 287,000 TEU.
In the first four months of 2024, container throughput at the Port of Long Beach reached 2.753 million TEU, an increase of 15.8% over the same period last year.

In addition, the data released by the General Administration of Customs show that in the first four months of this year, China's exports to the United States totaled 1.08 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.4%, and the trade surplus of 692.41 billion yuan, an expansion of 5.4%, showing that China's exports to the United States continue to maintain steady growth, and the transportation demand for North American routes has played a long-term supporting role.