ODFL expands Pacific Promise service to Taiwan

To meet increasing shipping demand from Asia, Old Dominion Freight Line has expanded its Pacific PromiseTM LCL service to Taiwan's three main ports: Taichung, Keelung and Kaohsiung, Eyefortransport reports.
The service is already offered to ten ports in China: Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen/Yantian, Xiamen and Xingang.

Launched in 2009 and expanded in 2010, Pacific Promise offers standard guaranteed transit times and simplified rates from the thirteen Chinese and Taiwanese ports to any US destination.

The service includes port-to-door tracking of all shipments.

ODFL has seen a yearly increase in shipments from China and Taiwan of more than 30%. Over the next five years, industry analysts predict that shipments to the US from China could increase by 28%, and from  Taiwan by 16%.

The service targets importers in a number of categories, including high-value products, time-sensitive goods and seasonal or promotional items.

Pacific Promise is also geared toward companies that are shipping from a single origin to multiple destinations, or those that are paying airfreight rates because they cannot entrust their time-sensitive shipments to a traditional LCL service.
(Source:http://en.portnews.ru)