On 5 April, Maersk and Hamburg Sud jointly launched a South America service, the ASIA service, at YICT. A total of twelve 5,560-TEU vessels are assigned to the service. The ports of call are Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Hong Kong, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Durban, Itaguai, Santos, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Navegantes and Paranagua.