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| UASC, Hapag, HMM, CSCL to start SE Asia-Australia service
UASC, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine and CSCL plan to commence a new joint South East Asia-Australia service called the Asia Australia Container Service 1 (AAC1), starting from the first half of September.
The service will link Port Kelang and Singapore to Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and return via Jakarta. It will deploy four 2,200- to 2,300-TEU ships, with each carrier providing one ship, reports Alphaliner.
It said the AAC1 will act as a relay service, allowing each carrier to connect its respective trade areas to Australia. | | | |
| âKâ Line, CSCL and Hapag-Lloyd Join Forces
Direct Asia-Africa vessel sharing agreement to replace feeder service. “K” Line, China Shipping, and Hapag-Lloyd are teaming up on a new direct service from Asia to West Africa.“K” Line said the new service will replace its current feeder service from South Africa to West Africa using transshipment from Far East to South Africa.The three carriers will deploy eight 2,500-TEU vessels, with “K” Line providing three, China Shipping four, and the remaining one vessel coming from Hapag-Lloyd.The service will have a 70-day round trip voyage on the following rotation: Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Shekou, Port Kelang, Durban (South Africa), Tema (Ghana), Lome (Togo), Cotonou (Benin), Tincan Island (Nigeria), Durban, Port Kelang and back to Shanghai.
The service will start with the departure of the “CSCL Montevideo” from Shanghai on July 21. | | | |
| CSCL to impose surcharges on cargo-box shortage
China Shipping Container Lines Co Ltd, China's second-largest cargo-box carrier, intends to impose additional surcharges on transpacific shipping next month due to a global shortage of containers.
The shipping line will charge an "emergency equipment surcharge" at $400 per forty-foot box from July 1. | | |
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