The G6 Alliance has announced temporary service suspensions in the Far East-North America trade as box lines adjust to the expected slow demand traditionally seen in the winter season.
For the alliance’s Asia-North America winter program, the NYE and SCE services for the East Coast operations will be combined into a single service.
The merged sling will have this port rotation: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Yantian, Shanghai (Yangshan), Busan, Panama Canal, Manzanillo, Kingston, Savannah, Charleston, New York, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Kingston, Manzanillo, Panama Canal, Balboa, Busan, and Xiamen.
The first sailing of this service will start with the week 44 sailing, with expected time of arrival (ETA) in Xiamen on October 29, 2015.
The last sailing of the temporarily suspended NYE service is week 44 eastbound (ETA Kaohsiung October 25, 2015) and Week 48 westbound (ETA Savannah November 23, 2015).
As for the suspended SCE service, its last journey is week 43 eastbound (ETA Xiamen October 20, 2015) and week 48 westbound (ETA Savannah November 22, 2015)
Meanwhile, for the Asia-North America West Coast service, the alliance will temporarily suspend the Central China 2 (CC2) service from week 44.
The last sailing for CC2 will be on week 43 eastbound (ETA Ningbo October 18, 2015) and week 45 westbound (ETA Long Beach November 5, 2015). The Busan eastbound call will be added to the CC4 during the CC2 suspension resulting in the following rotation: Shanghai (WaiGaoQiao), Ningbo, Busan, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Shanghai (WaiGaoQiao)..
The G6 Alliance members are APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and Orient Overseas Container Line.
Photo: Tom Gill
