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Antong Holdings teams with CU Lines on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades

Another Chinese liner is branching out from its domestic roots to the main east-west trades.

Antong Holdings-controlled Ansheng Shipping is deploying 12 ships onto the transpacific and Asia-Europe trade lanes, working in partnership with China United Lines (CU Lines).

Ansheng and CU Lines are the 21st and 23rd largest liners in the world, according to data from Alphaliner.

Chinese firms moving further afield has been a liner feature of the pandemic with the likes of CU Lines, BAL Container Line and Jin Jiang Shipping all now regular names on global trades. Singapore-based Transfar, in which Chinese online retailer Alibaba has a stake, has also spread its wings, to help fight the supply chain chaos that has dogged exports over the past two years. Taking a step further, one Chinese furniture manufacturer, Loctek Ergonomic, ordered a 1,800 teu boxship in January this year.

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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