Grand China Shipping, one of the fastest growing ocean carriers in China, made its inaugural call to the Port of Long Beach on Tuesday at Total Terminals International’s Pier T shipping facility.

The Red Strength kicked off its new service Tuesday and it is expected that the ship will carry to these shores 140,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units by the end of 2011.

Super Pacific Express (SPX)’s route includes the Chinese ports of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Ningbo and Shanghai, and then the service sends ships on to Long Beach.

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