Singapore's APL is merging a transpacific loop with a Middle East sling to create a butterfly service that will call at ports in Jebel Ali, the Pacific North West and north east Asia in a bid to rationalise capacity, Shippingazette reports.
The new 10-week service, expected to be launched in December, merges the PS-1 sling with its China-Middle East Express (CMX). According to London's Containerisation International, MOL and HMM are expected to continue to partner on the TP-1 (former PS-1) string of the newly-combined service, which is to remain part of the New World Alliance service offering.
Ten vessels with capacities of between 4,500 and 5,500 TEU will be deployed on the new service, which will call at: Singapore, Shenzhen-Yantian, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Chiwan, Singapore, Jebel Ali, Sohar and back to Singapore.
The new loop will reduce the number of ships used by two and also cut down on capacity, as collectively the current PS-1 and CMX use 12 ships, with the former deploying seven ships of 4,900- to 5,500-TEU and the CMX using five vessels of 4,000- to 4,700-TEU vessels.
The PS-1 calls at Singapore, Shenzhen-Yantian, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Yokohama, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Chiwan, Laem Chabang and Singapore. But the new TP-1 updated service will drop Laem Chabang and Cai Mep while adding Shanghai, Ningbo and Hong Kong.
A call at Sharjah will be added to APL's Salalah-Red Sea Express (SRX) as the port will no longer be called at by the revised CMX. The new SRX rotation will be: Salalah, Djibouti, Jeddah, Aqaba, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Jebel Ali, Sharjah (replacing Fujairah), Karachi, Mundra, Nhava Sheva and Salalah.
The new 10-week service, expected to be launched in December, merges the PS-1 sling with its China-Middle East Express (CMX). According to London's Containerisation International, MOL and HMM are expected to continue to partner on the TP-1 (former PS-1) string of the newly-combined service, which is to remain part of the New World Alliance service offering.
Ten vessels with capacities of between 4,500 and 5,500 TEU will be deployed on the new service, which will call at: Singapore, Shenzhen-Yantian, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Chiwan, Singapore, Jebel Ali, Sohar and back to Singapore.
The new loop will reduce the number of ships used by two and also cut down on capacity, as collectively the current PS-1 and CMX use 12 ships, with the former deploying seven ships of 4,900- to 5,500-TEU and the CMX using five vessels of 4,000- to 4,700-TEU vessels.
The PS-1 calls at Singapore, Shenzhen-Yantian, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Yokohama, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Chiwan, Laem Chabang and Singapore. But the new TP-1 updated service will drop Laem Chabang and Cai Mep while adding Shanghai, Ningbo and Hong Kong.
A call at Sharjah will be added to APL's Salalah-Red Sea Express (SRX) as the port will no longer be called at by the revised CMX. The new SRX rotation will be: Salalah, Djibouti, Jeddah, Aqaba, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Jebel Ali, Sharjah (replacing Fujairah), Karachi, Mundra, Nhava Sheva and Salalah.