CKYH/PIL/WHL to scrap 2 transpacific strings, overhaul Vietnam-US service
COSCO, Hanjin Shipping, PIL and Wan Hai are halting their joint Central China-Long Beach Express (CLX) service in October, five months after it was launched ahead of the traditional summer peak season, Shippingazette reported.
In November, the Singapore-Japan-California (SJX) service, operated jointly by Hanjin, Coscon and Wan Hai, with Yang Ming taking slots, will be scrapped, reports Alphaliner. This will remove 10,000 TEU of weekly capacity from the services operated by the CKYH carriers with PIL and Wan Hai, equivalent to 15 per cent of the group's capacity.
The SJX commenced in June 2009 and deployed seven 5,100- to 5,700-TEU ships. The last SJX eastbound sailing will depart from Port Kelang on October 22.
The CLX used five 4,200- to 5,100-TEU vessels. The last CLX eastbound sailing departed on September 20 from Fuzhou.
Alphaliner said Cosco and Hanjin will continue to ply the China-Pacific Southwest trade through the CKYH loops that call at Californian ports, namely the PSX, CAX, SEA, PSW 1 and PSW 2.
Wan Hai will to continue to engage in the Asia-US west coast trade by joining Cosco's South China-WCNA service (SEA). The SEA service will be extended in November to call at Vietnam's Cai Mep, following the withdrawal of the SJX.
The new rotation for the SEA service will be Cai Mep, Guangzhou-Nansha, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Xiamen, Long Beach, Cai Mep. The journey time will be lengthened from five to six weeks, and a sixth ship of 8,500 TEU from Wan Hai will join the existing five Cosco vessels.
Wan Hai will also keep in place its space swap agreement with Hanjin on the Pacific Express that calls at ports in Shenzhen-Yantian, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Kwangyang, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle, Busan and back to Shenzhen-Yantian.
In November, the Singapore-Japan-California (SJX) service, operated jointly by Hanjin, Coscon and Wan Hai, with Yang Ming taking slots, will be scrapped, reports Alphaliner. This will remove 10,000 TEU of weekly capacity from the services operated by the CKYH carriers with PIL and Wan Hai, equivalent to 15 per cent of the group's capacity.
The SJX commenced in June 2009 and deployed seven 5,100- to 5,700-TEU ships. The last SJX eastbound sailing will depart from Port Kelang on October 22.
The CLX used five 4,200- to 5,100-TEU vessels. The last CLX eastbound sailing departed on September 20 from Fuzhou.
Alphaliner said Cosco and Hanjin will continue to ply the China-Pacific Southwest trade through the CKYH loops that call at Californian ports, namely the PSX, CAX, SEA, PSW 1 and PSW 2.
Wan Hai will to continue to engage in the Asia-US west coast trade by joining Cosco's South China-WCNA service (SEA). The SEA service will be extended in November to call at Vietnam's Cai Mep, following the withdrawal of the SJX.
The new rotation for the SEA service will be Cai Mep, Guangzhou-Nansha, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Xiamen, Long Beach, Cai Mep. The journey time will be lengthened from five to six weeks, and a sixth ship of 8,500 TEU from Wan Hai will join the existing five Cosco vessels.
Wan Hai will also keep in place its space swap agreement with Hanjin on the Pacific Express that calls at ports in Shenzhen-Yantian, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Kwangyang, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle, Busan and back to Shenzhen-Yantian.