Horizon Lines Inc. will begin a weekly China-to-California service named the Five Star Express in mid-December.
Five Horizon Lines vessels will service the route, stopping at ports at Ningbo and Shanghai in Central China and at U.S. ports Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif.
Horizon Lines’ ships currently serve ports in China under a space charter agreement with Maersk Line. The agreement expires Dec. 10, and on Dec. 13 it will begin the Five Star Express. Horizon Lines also is adding approximately 12,500 new containers to its domestic and international shipping network.