QUADRANT Container Line (QCL) of South Africa will provide a new 1,500 teu vessel to the consortium operating the Good Hope Express Service (GEX).
Quadrant Express, launched in Poland in February, will enter the service next month.
The vessel will be chartered by QCL from affiliate Griffin Shipping Holdings.
QCL is one of the five members of the consortium which started the weekly service in January linking Japan, Asia, South Africa and the east coast of South America.
The others are NYK Line of Japan, CSAV of Chile, Nantai Line of Taiwan and Norsul of Brazil.
With the induction of the Quadrant Express, the consortium will operate 11 vessels with minimum capacity of 1,500 teus each on a 77-day round voyage.
As a member of GEX, Quadrant will offer a fixed-day weekly service from the Far East to the cast coast of South America.