The Containership Co. next month will expand its Great Dragon service from China to Los Angeles by adding a call at the Port of Qingdao in northern China.
The service will now call in Qingdao, Ningbo and Taicang in China and at the TraPac terminal in Los Angeles.
The first sailing from Qingdao is scheduled for Nov. 15 with the 2,900-TEU Shenzhen Dragon.
TCC launched the trans-Pacific service on April 17 with the business plan being to appeal to shippers that want a reliable, port-to-port service.
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