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G6 Alliance New Product and Service Updates between Asia and North America

[ May 4, 2016   //   Gary G Burrows ]

In response to the upgrade of the Panama Canal and seasonal changes in market demand, the G6 Alliance announced on April 21 new product and service updates for the Asia – North America trade effective this summer.

Effective from Week 23, the G6 Alliance will upgrade the Asia – North America East Coast product with the launch a new service called NYX that focuses on coverage between Central and North China/Korea to the United States East Coast. The NYX port rotation is: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai (Yangshan) – Busan – Panama Canal – Manzanillo (Panama) – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Manzanillo (Panama) – Panama Canal – Busan – Qingdao.

To provide improved schedule reliability for its network linking Asia to the United States and Europe, the PA1 will be enhanced with the following new port rotation: Busan – Shanghai (Yangshan) – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Vancouver – Tacoma – Oakland – Los Angeles – Panama Canal – Manzanillo (Panama) – New York – Halifax – Southampton – Antwerp – Bremerhaven – Rotterdam – Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Manzanillo (Panama) – Panama Canal – Los Angeles – Oakland – Yokohama – Busan.

The PA2 port rotation will also be enhanced with an additional call to Shanghai, focusing on coverage between Asia – Mid and South Atlantic connections:

New PA2 port rotation: Tokyo – Kobe – Busan – Shanghai (Yangshan) – Panama Canal – Manzanillo (Panama) – Miami – Savannah – Jacksonville – Charleston – Norfolk – Manzanillo (Panama) – Panama Canal – Balboa – Los Angeles – Oakland – Tokyo.

The CEC coverage will be widened to include port calls at Kaohsiung. Its new port rotation is: Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Shekou – Yantian – Singapore – Suez Canal – New York – Savannah – Charleston – Norfolk – Suez Canal – Jeddah – Singapore – Vung Tau – Kaohsiung

Port rotations of AZX and SVS will remain unchanged as follows: AZX: Laem Chabang – Singapore – Colombo – Suez Canal – Damietta – Cagliari – Halifax – New York – Savannah – Norfolk – Halifax – Cagliari – Damietta – Suez Canal – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Laem Chabang

SVS: Hong Kong – Yantian – Vung Tau – Singapore – Suez Canal – Norfolk – Savannah – Jacksonville – Charleston – Cape of Good Hope/Suez Canal – Colombo – Singapore – Hong Kong.

As a result of the above enhancements, the current NYE/SCE Combo and NCE services will be suspended.

NYE/SCE Combo service original rotation: Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Shanghai (Yangshan) – Busan – Panama Canal – Manzanillo (Panama) – Kingston – Savannah – Charleston – New York – Norfolk – Jacksonville – Kingston – Manzanillo (Panama) – Panama Canal – Balboa – Busan – Xiamen.

The last sailing will be the Hyundai Dynasty 046E/W with an ETA to Xiamen on June 2, 2016, ETA Savannah 4 Jul 2016. NCE service original rotation: Busan – Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai (Yangshan) – Panama Canal – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Panama Canal – Busan.

The last sailing will be the Hyundai Integral 051E/W with an ETA to Busan on May 29, 2016, ETA New York July 2, 2016.

The G6 Alliance will resume the CC2 service in week 21 with the following port rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai (Waigaoqiao) – Busan – Long Beach – Ningbo.

As a result, the CC4 service will resume its original port rotation as a shuttle service between

Central China and the United States West Coast as follows: Shanghai (Waigaoqiao) – Ningbo – Los Angeles – Oakland – Shanghai (Waigaoqiao).

The G6 Alliance continues to offer a variety of services between Asia and North America covering all major port pairs with weekly sailings, and to make service adjustments where necessary. The G6 Alliance also offers services on the Asia-Europe and Transatlantic trade lanes.

The G6 Alliance members are: APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line.

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