China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has reduced the capacity on its transpacific AAC loop which is being operated since July by five 4,000- to 4,250-TEU container ships, instead of five 5,500- to 5,700-TEU vessels as before.
A report by AXS-Alphaliner News said that one of the sailing slots on the slimmed-down AAC service is currently being filled with a 2,600-TEU ship.
Three of the five 5,500-TEU ships that have been made available by the revamp of the AAC service are being sublet to MSC, namely the MSC Los Angeles, the CSCL Shanghai and the CSCL Hong Kong. The other two vessels are being used on the Asia-Mediterranean service, the AMX-1, it said.
Previously, the AAC service connected the Chinese ports of Hong Kong, Nansha, Yantian, Shanghai and Ningbo to Busan and onwards to Los Angeles, while the new AAC covers only Ningbo and Shanghai.
To cover the Hong Kong, Nansha and Yantian to California trade, CSCL is still offering its AAS loop that uses 5,500-TEU vessels as before.
Furthermore, CSCL will be resuming control of its 8,468-TEU CSCL Africa in the middle of August. She was chartered by CMA CGM in April to fill a gap on the CMA CGM/MSC/Maersk transpacific VSA Loop 2, branded 'Bohai Rim' loop by CMA CGM.
CMA CGM is to replace the CSCL Africa with the chartered 8,900-TEU Hyundai Courage which will operate under the name of the CMA CGM Courage. This box ship will join the Hyundai Force on the VSA Loop 1, which was added in July as the CMA CGM Force, replacing the 9,661-TEU CMA CGM Orfeo which has joined the new CMA CGM-CSCL Asia-Europe FAL4/AEX 8 service that commenced in July, the report added.
A report by AXS-Alphaliner News said that one of the sailing slots on the slimmed-down AAC service is currently being filled with a 2,600-TEU ship.
Three of the five 5,500-TEU ships that have been made available by the revamp of the AAC service are being sublet to MSC, namely the MSC Los Angeles, the CSCL Shanghai and the CSCL Hong Kong. The other two vessels are being used on the Asia-Mediterranean service, the AMX-1, it said.
Previously, the AAC service connected the Chinese ports of Hong Kong, Nansha, Yantian, Shanghai and Ningbo to Busan and onwards to Los Angeles, while the new AAC covers only Ningbo and Shanghai.
To cover the Hong Kong, Nansha and Yantian to California trade, CSCL is still offering its AAS loop that uses 5,500-TEU vessels as before.
Furthermore, CSCL will be resuming control of its 8,468-TEU CSCL Africa in the middle of August. She was chartered by CMA CGM in April to fill a gap on the CMA CGM/MSC/Maersk transpacific VSA Loop 2, branded 'Bohai Rim' loop by CMA CGM.
CMA CGM is to replace the CSCL Africa with the chartered 8,900-TEU Hyundai Courage which will operate under the name of the CMA CGM Courage. This box ship will join the Hyundai Force on the VSA Loop 1, which was added in July as the CMA CGM Force, replacing the 9,661-TEU CMA CGM Orfeo which has joined the new CMA CGM-CSCL Asia-Europe FAL4/AEX 8 service that commenced in July, the report added.