The Hamburg-based shipping line Hapag-Lloyd will turn its weekly Asia-Mexico Express Service (AME) into twice weekly services with an amended port rotation from mid-June.
"This will give customers a further improvement in transport capacities with three additional ports calls at Qingdao, Xiamen and Hong Kong, as well as weekly departures from Ensenada in north Mexico (so far every two weeks)," a company statement said.
The new AME I service will call at: Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Yokohama, Ensenada, Manzanillo (Mexico), Lazaro Cardenas, Ensenada, and Yokohama. The first departure is scheduled from Ningbo on June 19.
The new AME II service will call at: Xiamen, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Kaohsiung, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, and Yokohama. The first departure is planned to depart from Hong Kong on June 14, and it will shorten the transit time between Kaohsiung and Lazaro Cardenas to 15 days instead of the present 23 days.
The two services are offered in cooperation with APL. Hapag-Lloyd will deploy six 4,200-TEU ships and APL six 5,100-TEU on the new services. Four Hapag-Lloyd and two APL units, each with 4,200 TEU capacity, have up to now been used on the AME service.
"This will give customers a further improvement in transport capacities with three additional ports calls at Qingdao, Xiamen and Hong Kong, as well as weekly departures from Ensenada in north Mexico (so far every two weeks)," a company statement said.
The new AME I service will call at: Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Yokohama, Ensenada, Manzanillo (Mexico), Lazaro Cardenas, Ensenada, and Yokohama. The first departure is scheduled from Ningbo on June 19.
The new AME II service will call at: Xiamen, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Kaohsiung, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, and Yokohama. The first departure is planned to depart from Hong Kong on June 14, and it will shorten the transit time between Kaohsiung and Lazaro Cardenas to 15 days instead of the present 23 days.
The two services are offered in cooperation with APL. Hapag-Lloyd will deploy six 4,200-TEU ships and APL six 5,100-TEU on the new services. Four Hapag-Lloyd and two APL units, each with 4,200 TEU capacity, have up to now been used on the AME service.