• 2015 September 11 14:20

    OOCL announces updates on Asia-Europe services

    Further to the G6 Alliance announcement on August 18, 2015 for the voiding of four Asia-Europe sailings in response to changes in market demand, OOCL announces further information on the recovery plans:

    Void sailing Loop 6 NYK Hercules (NHC) 012 W / E (ETA Fuqing(Fuzhou) on October 1, 2015 in Week 40 on WB and ETA Southampton on November 3, 2015 in Week 45 on EB)

    - Loop 4 APL Temasek (TEK) 012 W on Week 40 adds Xiamen and Colombo calls in addition to the Kwangyang and Pusan calls indicated in the G6 Alliance announcement.

    o Port rotation : Kwangyang – Pusan - Ningbo – Shanghai – Xiamen - Yantian – Singapore - Colombo – Port Said – Le Havre – Southampton

    – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Port Said – Jeddah – Singapore – Hong Kong – Ningbo

    - Loop 7 MOL Quasar (QUR) 008 W / E on Week 40 WB adds Kaohsiung and on Week 45 EB adds Jebel Ali,

    o Port rotation : Qingdao – Shanghai – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Gdansk - Gothenburg – Antwerp - Southampton – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Yantian – Qingdao

    - Nansha shipment to be connected to Loop 7 MOL Quasar (QUR) 008W on Week 40 via transshipment at Hong Kong by feeder.

    - Antwerp shipment to be transshipped at Rotterdam on feeder. Week 40 Loop 5 Shanghai Express (SHX) 012W or Loop 7 MOL Quasar (QUR) 008W can serve Antwerp direct call but transit time is long.

    Void sailing Loop 7 Hyundai Drive (HDV) 006 W / E (ETA Qingdao on October 5, 2015 in Week 41 on WB and ETA Rotterdam on November 9, 2015 in Week 46 on EB)

    - HDV to be phased into Week 41 Loop 4 with a Qingdao call,

    o Port rotation : Qingdao - Ningbo – Shanghai – Yantian – Singapore – Port Said – Le Havre – Southampton – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Port Said – Jeddah – Singapore – Hong Kong – Ningbo

    - Loop 5 Shanghai Express (SHX) 012 W on Week 40 adds Gdansk, Gothenburg and Antwerp calls,

    o Port rotation : Kwangyang – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo –Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Gdansk – Gothenburg - Antwerp - Southampton – Singapore – Kwangyang

    Void sailing Loop 4 MOL Quintet (QIT) 008 W / E (ETA Ningbo on October 16, 2015 in Week 42 on WB and ETA Le Havre on November 18, 2015 in Week 47 on EB)

    - Loop 6 New York Express (NYX) 014 W on Week 42 adds a Le Havre call,

    o Port rotation : Fuqing(Fuzhou) – Kaohsiung – Xiamen – Nansha – Shekou – Hong Kong – Singapore – Colombo – Southampton – Le Havre – Antwerp – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Jebel Ali – Shekou – Fuqing(Fuzhou)

    Void sailing Loop 5 Essen Express (ESS) 012 W / E (ETA Kwangyang on October 23, 2015 in Week 43 on WB and ETA Rotterdam on November 28, 2015 in Week 48 on EB)

    - ESS to be phased into Week 44 Loop 7 with Kwangyang and Pusan calls,

    o Port rotation : Kwangyang – Pusan - Qingdao – Shanghai – Hong Kong – Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Gdansk - Gothenburg – Antwerp - Southampton –Singapore – Yantian – Qingdao




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