COSCO and X-Press Feeders have launched a new Chancay Express / Chile X-Press (CHX) service connecting Chancay, Callao, Lirquen, San Antonio, Chancay from 27 February 2025. The CHX will turn in 14 days using 2 ships, starting with the 1,686 teu A. IDEFIX from X-Press Feeders at Chancay on 27 February followed by the 2,586 teu LAKONIA from COSCO on 6 March. The service will provide transhipment connections at COSCO's new West Coast South America hub of Chancay to Peru and Chile.
Zhejiang Xiehai has launched a new container service connecting Taizhou and Valparaiso using the 1,728 teu XH DOLPHIN. Xiehai has acquired the 2013 built ship formerly named CERINTHUS from Hadley Shipping in May 2023 for $17.3m. The ship was modified at COSCO Zhoushan from 6 June to 8 November 2023 to become a fully air-cooled refrigerated containership. It departed for the first voyage after modification on 13 November 2023 from Taizhou and is bound for Valparaiso on a 23 day trip. The serv