News / Box carriers eye more volumes and logistics services through ties with 3PL

CJ Logistics VP Kang Byung-ku (left) with Evergreen GM Eric Hsieh

Although the major box lines have expanded their logistics activities through acquisitions, Taiwan’s Evergreen and South Korean carriers SM Line, Namsung and Dong Young are doing this by working with South Korea’s largest 3PL, CJ Logistics (CJL).

The liner operators hope to increase cargo volumes through the CJL network, while the 3PL aims to secure competitive freight rates.

Evergreen, the sixth-largest liner operator, has agreed to provide competitive freight rates to CJL, and they will work together to secure container volumes to ...