China’s Sea Legend pushes Arctic ambitions with first near-weekly China-Europe liner service
- Chinese carrier plans to operate seven vessels on eight fixed sailings between August and October, marking the first attempt at a near-weekly scheduled container service via the northern sea route
- Pricing doubles current ocean rates but beats rail, targeting time-sensitive cargo such as e-commerce goods, batteries and automotive parts
- Several vessels in the fleet have recently called at Russian ports
Sea Legend is scaling up its Arctic service to near-weekly frequency, marking the first attempt at scheduled container shipping across the top of the world
