The American company Matson suspend one of its transpacific services for China. This service CLX2 (China - Long Beach Express), which connects the Port of Long Beach with Hong Kong, Yantian and Shanghai, which will be the last eastbound departure from Shanghai on Sunday and the last departure is scheduled for westbound 3 September from Long Beach.
Matson said it had decided to discontinue the line because of the persistence of the high cost of fuel, pressure on freight rates and overcapacity transpacific services. The company will instead continue to ply the other service transpacific CLX1 that connects Long Beach with Xiamen, Ningbo and Shanghai.
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