Commencing with the first sailing of MV EVER GUEST on 8 November from Hong Kong, Hamburg Süd will be providing a weekly service from Asia via South Africa to the South American East Coast and vice versa within the context of a slot charter agreement with the Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen. This new service is part of the effort to expand and complement Hamburg Süd's range of services from / to South America in the direction of the Far East and South Africa. In early 2001 Columbus Line, a member of the Hamburg Süd Group, introduced a service from South America West Coast via US West Coast to the Far East.

There are 10 container ships deployed in a weekly service with a 70-day round trip from Asia via South Africa to East Coast South America serving the following ports: Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Singapore, Durban, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santos, Cape Town, Durban, Singapore, Hong Kong, with transhipment opportunities to other ports in the area