OOCL says that in response to the expected low demand in the market, the company will implement the withdrawal of the following Asia-Europe sailings:
Asia – West Mediterranean Service
- Asia-Adriatic Sea (AAS),
Westbound: ETA Shanghai on July 31 in Week 31
Eastbound: ETA Trieste on September 2 in Week 36
Westbound: ETA Shanghai on August 7 in Week 32
Eastbound: ETA Trieste on September 9 in Week 37
Westbound: ETA Shanghai on August 21 in Week 34
Eastbound: ETA Trieste on September 23 in Week 39
Westbound: ETA Shanghai on August 28 in Week 35
Eastbound: ETA Trieste on September 30 in Week 40
Westbound: ETA Shanghai on September 4 in Week 36
Eastbound: ETA Trieste on October 7 in Week 41
For service recovery arrangements, the Asia-East Mediterranean and Black Sea (EM1) sailings that fall on the same week as the AAS blank sailings listed above will add calls to Koper by adjusting its own port rotation as follows:
Shanghai – Busan – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Said West – Koper – Izmit – Ambarli – Constanza – Odessa - Piraeus – Port Said West – Jeddah – Port Kelang – Busan
The concerned EM1 sailings with port rotation adjustments starting from Westbound are:
ETA Busan on August 4 in Week 31
ETA Busan on August 11 in Week 32
ETA Busan on August 25 in Week 34
ETA Busan on September 1 in Week 35
ETA Busan on September 8 in Week 36