January 29, 2014 Evergreen Line has announced to increase the weekly capacity of its CEM service by phasing in 3 13,806 TEU vessels. The three ships are all sister vessels of THALASSA HELLAS, which started deployment on CEM service in September 2013. In addition to THALASSA PATRIS, which replaced HANJIN …
Read more …Evergreen Increases Capacity on CEM Service – North Europe Far East
January 28, 2014 The two German container liners, Hamburg Sud and Hapag-Lloyd, have announced that they will shift some of their services from the port of Tilbury to the new London Gateway port. The main advantage is that London Gateway will be able to accommodate even the largest container ships …
Read more …London Gateway Attracts New Customers Hamburg Sud and Hapag-Lloyd
January 27, 2014 Hyundai Merchant Marine, HMM, upgrades its involvement in G6’s LOOP7 service connecting Europe and Asia. HMM, who used to be a slotter, will deploy 2 out of 11 vessels on the service joining the current operators APL, MOL and NYK. The first HMM vessel to sail the …
Read more …Hyundai Merchant Marine Upgrades Involvement in G6’s LOOP7
January 27, 2014 Pacific International Lines, PIL, launches its new transpacific service, ANW, which will connect the Far East and North America’s West Coast. PIL will join the current operators UASC (AWN1) and CSCL (ANW1) from February 18th on. The Singaporean shipping line will send its vessel XIN SHAN TOU …
Read more …PIL Improves Far East/North America West Coast Portfolio Joining UASC and CSCL
January 23, 2014
January 23, 2014 CMA CGM announces the launch of its new RHINO EXPRESS service which connects South Africa and Mozambique. Out of the five port calls in Mozambique, Quelimane and Pemba are two new ports that have not been called so far. Because of the direct connection to Durban, the …
Read more …CMA CGM’s New Feeder Service Betters Transit Time to Mozambique
January 22, 2014 Hapag-Lloyd which used to be slotting partner on CMA CGM’s ECS service connecting North Europe and the Caribbean now becomes an operator deploying 1 out of 6 vessels on the service. The German liner branded the service SW3 and sent its vessel ANNA SCHULTE to sail the …
Read more …HAPAG LLOYD Upgrades Involvement in North Europe – Caribbean Service
January 21, 2014 EVERGREEN announced that it wants to charter 10 new buildings to be finally delivered by end of 2016. Each of the vessels will have a capacity of 14,000 TEU. Five of the new buildings will be built at Samsung heavy Industries on account of COSTAMARE. The remaining …
January 20, 2014 Since January 9, 2014, Cheng Lie (CNC Line), specialized on the intra-Asia services, slots on HYUNDAI’s new HP2 service. CHENG LIE branded the service HIX. It connects Korea, China and Vietnam and was first sailed in December 2013. There are currently 2 vessels employed guaranteeing a weekly …
Read more …CNC Line to Take Slots on HYUNDAI’s New Intra-Asia Service
January 19, 2014 From January 27, 2014 on MAERSK will take slots on DELMAS SAMWAF service connecting South America and West Africa. SAMWAF was initiated by CMA CGM in October 2013 when the liner cancelled its slotting activity on NILEDUTCH’s SAM WAF service which is still in service. Currently, 3 …
Read more …MAERSK Takes Slots on CMA CGM’s South America Service
January 19, 2014 OOCL and MOL are about to reorganize some Japan to South East Asia services. After OOCL has stopped slotting on MOL’s CHS service in the end of 2013, there are further changes in the Japan and South East Asia region to come. First, OOCL starts slotting on …
Read more …OOCL and MOL Adjust Their Japan to South East Asia Portfolio
January 18, 2014 The British shipping line BORCHARD that offers 5 services to connect North Europe and the Mediterranean closes its own NORTH EUROPE service and will begin to slot on MAERSK’s EUROMED service and SEAGO’s AEGEAN SEA service. Additionally, BORCHARD calls in Salerno, Italy, on its BOSPHORUS service to …
January 17, 2014 EVERGREEN will increase the capacity of two Far East to Middle East services, APG and FRS, by replacing vessels in the APG service with new buildings and shifting the replaced vessels to the FRS service. The capacity of the APG service will be increased from an average …
Read more …EVERGREEN Increases Capacity of APG and FRS Service
January 16, 2014 CMA CGM has announced a faster connection from its EPIC service – connecting North Europe and the Indian Subcontinent via Port Said – to its existing FAS EGYPT FEEDER Service. There will be a weekly connection to other Egyptian ports decreasing the overall transit time. The improved …
Read more …CMA CGM – Faster North Europe to Egyptian Ports Connection
January 16, 2014 DELMAS, a member of CMA CGM Group, launches its new NOURA EXPRESS service connecting the Middle East and Somalia. The first vessel employed on the 21 day-frequency service will be CMA CGM KAILAS (1850 TEU) starting on February 2, 2014. Currently, only 2 existing Feeder services by …