The new branded ESE2 service will commence in Montevideo on 16 September 2023. Rotation: Rotterdam – London Gateway – Hamburg – Antwerp – Lisbon – Algeciras – Santos – Paranagua – Montevideo – Buenos Aires – Itapoa – Paranagua – Santos – Rio De Janeiro – Algeciras – Rotterdam. According to COSCO, the features of ESE2 are the following: In June 2023, COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry Technology (Weihai) signed an order for methanol fuel supply system for four 16,000 TEU containerships with COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry (Yangzhou). More recently, COSCO Shipping Corporation established a collaboration with the domestic agriculture and food products processing firm Yihai Kerry for the development of industry supply chains.