APL will add Guayaquil and Ensenada as ports of call to its Condor Express service.

According to APL, the enhanced CDX service will offer added reefer-plug capabilities to facilitate fresh fruit trade between Latin America and Asia, particularly China and Japan.

The new port rotation will be: Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Shekou – Ningbo – Shanghai – Busan – Manzanillo, MX – Lazaro Cardenas – Buenaventura – Callao – Guayaquil – Lazaro Cardenas – Manzanillo, MX – Ensenada – Yokohama – Busan – Kaohsiung.

The first sailing will depart from Kaohsiung on January 23, 2019.

Transit time will be 26 days from Guayaquil to Yokohama, 13 from Ensenada to Yokohama, 16 from Ensenada to Busan and 21 from Ensenada to China, according to APL.