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New Asia Service to Call Port Houston
December 23, 2020 GMT
Containers at Port Houston s Barbours Cut container terminal (Photo: Business Wire)
HOUSTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 22, 2020
Port Houston will be the first port of call in the United States on a new direct Trans-Pacific Asia service being launched by THE Alliance called the “EC6,” an East Coast all-water service via Panama calling the U.S. Gulf.
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Containers at Port Houston’s Barbours Cut container terminal (Photo: Business Wire)
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