WEB TOOLS: Track and trace, tariff retrieval, e-bill of lading reg- istration, 24-hour manifest schedule, downloadable shipping documents, booking, rate requests. FLEET SIZE: 280 vessels CUSTOMER AWARDS: Toyota Logistics Service Awards for Outstanding Customer Service and Quality; Sears Partner in Progress; Payless ShoeSource International Partnership Award. WHAT’S NEW: Crowley’s Speed-to-Market program leverages the proximity of Central America and the Caribbean with frequent, direct vessel services for apparel and reefer shippers and others seeking to get products to market faster.
Evergreen Line
201-761-3000 www.evergreen-line.com
PARENT COMPANY: Evergreen Group LOGISTICS DIVISION: Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp. Evergreen was founded in 1968 by Group Chairman Dr. Chang Yung-fa. In the 40 years since, it has developed into a global carrier, sporting one of the industry’s newest fleets. Most recently, Evergreen’s carriers – Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., Italia Marittima S.p.A., Evergreen Marine (UK)
Hamburg Süd
973-775-5300 www.hamburgsud.com
PARENT COMPANY: The Oetker Group Hamburg Süd specializes in marine transport and logistics, with a focus on containerized temperature-sensitive cargo shipping. Company services link North America, South America, Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia, India, Pakistan, and Australia/New Zealand. WEB TOOLS: Online booking, cargo tracking and tracing. FLEET SIZE: 139 vessels CUSTOMER AWARDS: Eastern Canadian Freight Forwarders Top Ocean Carrier; Central Canadian Freight Forwarders Top Ocean Carrier. WHAT’S NEW: Hamburg Süd upgraded its Trident service to weekly rotation earlier this year. The stand-alone service links Australia/ New Zealand, the East Coast of North America, and North Europe. Hapag-Lloyd 617-984-0300 www.hapag-lloyd.com PARENT COMPANY: TUI AG For more than 150 years, Hapag-Lloyd has linked continents, countries, and cultures. A player in the global door-to-door container transport industry, the company handles complex logistics packages along the transportation chain, delivering a comprehensive range of shipping services. Hapag-Lloyd operates 330 sales offices in more than 100 countries. WEB TOOLS: Tracking and tracing, interactive scheduling, freight rates, downloadable sea waybills. FLEET SIZE: 144 vessels CUSTOMER AWARDS: Canadian International Freight Forwarder Association – HL Carrier of the Year Nordatlantik; awards from the New York New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association and the Port of Montreal. WHAT’S NEW: Hapag-Lloyd constantly enhances and optimizes its service offerings to guarantee shippers fast, flexible links. Hapag- Lloyd ’s service to Australia, for example, was recently expanded and now offers faster transit times.
Ltd., and Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd. – signed a joint service agreement to adopt a unified common trade name, Evergreen Line, for international marketing purposes. WEB TOOLS: Integrated e-commerce services via Evergreen’s ShipmentLink portal; enhanced e-reports available to all customers, with new functions including event-driven notification, tracking reports, and statistics to help manage and monitor shipments. FLEET SIZE: 150+ vessels CUSTOMER AWARDS: Best Shipping Line-Intra Asia, Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards 2006; Corporate Social Responsibility, Humanitarian, Educational and Environmental Efforts – International Shipping Magazine 2006; E-commerce Excellence award, LOG-NET, 2003 and 2004. WHAT’S NEW: Evergreen’s new S-type Greenship vessels incorporate environmental features that surpass the requirements of new and soon-to-be-introduced international regulations.
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