Hamburg Süd will overhaul its Trident Service between Europe, Australia and New Zealand starting in May to cut network costs in the face of changing market conditions.
The German carrier said March 28 shipments to and from Europe and Australia/New Zealand will be served through its hub port in Cartagena, Colombia, with tailor-made transshipment connections to and from three weekly North Europe services.
In addition to increasing frequency and speeding transit times, the new configuration will enlarge Hamburg Süd's European port coverage by adding calls at Rotterdam, Tilbury, U.K., Hamburg, Antwerp and Le Havre.
The transshipment service is designed so allocations for Australia/New Zealand-North Europe cargoes are guaranteed and have priority at all times.
Hamburg Süd will still serve transAtlantic trade with a stand-alone service deploying four vessels sized to cover the target markets.
The operation will continue uninterrupted by retaining the ports in the Trident Service, including an added call in New York.
The rotation will run from Tilbury, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Philadelphia, New York, Savannah, and back to Tilbury.
Inland destinations in the U.S. Midwest will be served through Philadelphia or New York depending on the fastest and most efficient intermodal connections westbound from Europe.
Hamburg Süd said the new configuration enables it to maintain trans-Atlantic service while matching capacity to the sharply declining volume.
The U.S. East Coast-Australia/New Zealand trade will still be covered through end-to-end service operated jointly with Maersk Line. The carriers use nine vessels each with a nominal capacity of 2,800 TEUs and 530 reefer plugs.
The Cartagena southbound and northbound calls are being added to link a network of connecting and dedicated feeder services into the U.S. Gulf, U.S. East Coast, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and Europe.
That new port rotation will run from Philadelphia to Savannah, Cartagena, Balboa, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Timaru, Port
Chalmers, Napier, Tauranga, Auckland, Manzanillo (Panama), Cartagena and back to Philadelphia.
The German carrier said March 28 shipments to and from Europe and Australia/New Zealand will be served through its hub port in Cartagena, Colombia, with tailor-made transshipment connections to and from three weekly North Europe services.
In addition to increasing frequency and speeding transit times, the new configuration will enlarge Hamburg Süd's European port coverage by adding calls at Rotterdam, Tilbury, U.K., Hamburg, Antwerp and Le Havre.
The transshipment service is designed so allocations for Australia/New Zealand-North Europe cargoes are guaranteed and have priority at all times.
Hamburg Süd will still serve transAtlantic trade with a stand-alone service deploying four vessels sized to cover the target markets.
The operation will continue uninterrupted by retaining the ports in the Trident Service, including an added call in New York.
The rotation will run from Tilbury, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Philadelphia, New York, Savannah, and back to Tilbury.
Inland destinations in the U.S. Midwest will be served through Philadelphia or New York depending on the fastest and most efficient intermodal connections westbound from Europe.
Hamburg Süd said the new configuration enables it to maintain trans-Atlantic service while matching capacity to the sharply declining volume.
The U.S. East Coast-Australia/New Zealand trade will still be covered through end-to-end service operated jointly with Maersk Line. The carriers use nine vessels each with a nominal capacity of 2,800 TEUs and 530 reefer plugs.
The Cartagena southbound and northbound calls are being added to link a network of connecting and dedicated feeder services into the U.S. Gulf, U.S. East Coast, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and Europe.
That new port rotation will run from Philadelphia to Savannah, Cartagena, Balboa, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Timaru, Port
Chalmers, Napier, Tauranga, Auckland, Manzanillo (Panama), Cartagena and back to Philadelphia.