Less than a year after U-Ocean, the oceanfreight arm of global freight forwarder the U-Freight Group (ufl) launched scheduled oceanfreight export consolidation services from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles to Hong Kong, the global operator is undertaking a major expansion of the services that will boost its coverage of key markets throughout South East Asia. Early in 2008, weekly oceanfreight operations were established to serve markets in South East Asia via transhipment through the Hong Kong gateway, while a Los Angeles to Shanghai service was added in June 2008. Later this year, U-Ocean also plans to launch separate oceanfreight consolidation services connecting San Francisco with Hong Kong and Shanghai.