The port rotations will be rearranged, two more services will be added and larger ships will be deployed. This is in response to demand for increased capacity between Asia and North Europe.
* NCX (Loop 1; AES)
Port rotation: Shanghai > Ningbo >Xiamen > Hong Kong > Nansha > Singapore > Rotterdam > Hamburg > Antwerp > Singapore > Hong Kong > Shanghai
Vessel deployed: 8 x 9,000/10,000TEU (COSCO)
* AEX (Loop 2)
Port rotation: Shanghai > Ningbo > Kaohsiung > Port Kelang > Colombo > Hamburg > Rotterdam > Le Havre > Colombo > Port Kelang > Hong Kong > Shanghai
Vessel deployed: 8 x 5,500 TEU (Hanjin)
* FEX (Loop 3)
Port rotation: Xingang > Kwangyang > Pusan > Yantian > Singapore > Hamburg > Rotterdam > Felixstowe > Singapore > Kaohsiung > Xingang
Vessel deployed: 8 x 5,500/6,500 TEU (Hanjin)
* NNX (Loop 4; AEN)
Port rotation: Dalian > Xingang > Qingdao > Yantian > Hong Kong > Felixstowe > Hamburg > Rotterdam > Nansha > Dalian
Vessel deployed: 8 x 8,000/9,000 TEU (COSCO)
* SCE (Loop 5; AES1)
Port rotation: Shanghai > Ningbo > Xiamen > Kaohsiung > Yantian > Singapore > Rotterdam > Hamburg > Felixstowe > Antwerp > Singapore > Kaohsiung > Shanghai
Vessel deployed: 8 x 7,500/8,000 TEU (K-Line, Yang Ming)
* JES (Loop 6; AES2)
Port rotation: Kobe > Nagoya > Tokyo > Hong Kong > Singapore > Port Said > Rotterdam > Felixstowe > Le Havre > Port Said > Singapore > Yantian > Kobe
Vessel deployed: 8 x 5,500 TEU (K-Line, Yang Ming)
* AES3 (Loop 7)
Port rotation: Qingdao > Xingang > Shanghai > Shekou > Singapore > Jeddah > Port Said > Rotterdam > Felixstowe > Le Havre > Port Said > Singapore > Yantian > Kobe
Vessel deployed: 8 x 5,500 TEU (K-Line, Yang Ming)
* CNX (Loop 8)
Port rotation: Qingdao > Shanghai > Hong Kong > Singapore > Jeddah > Hamburg > Antwerp > Le Havre > Jeddah > Singapore > Qingdao
Vessel deployed: 8 x 4,000 - 6,900 TEU (Hanjin, UASC)