THE G6's six shipping lines are together co-ordinating six new services on the Asia to east coast of North America trade starting from May.
G6 Alliance merges services on transpacific and forms six new loops
THE G6's six shipping lines are together co-ordinating six new services on the Asia to east coast of North America trade starting from May, after agreeing to expand the scope of their cooperation on the transpacific trade.
The move will deploy 50 vessels with capacities between 4,500 and 8,000 TEU to link 30 ports in Asia, the US and Canada's east coast as well as gateways in Central America, the Caribbean, Indian subcontinent, Mediterranean and the Middle East, said the statement from the alliance from member company NYK Line.
The six new loops have been created by merging and revising several existing services, separately offered by the Grand Alliance and New World Alliance, plus one new service, the CEC. The two services APX (New World Alliance) and PAX (Grand Alliance) will not be affected by the new co-operation and will continue to sail unchanged.
It said that three of the enhanced services will transit the Suez Canal while the other three loops will sail via the Panama Canal. Compared to the existing transpacific service offerings of The New World Alliance and the Grand Alliance, the total capacity provision of the new service operated by the G6 Alliance will be similar.
"The cooperation enables the six member lines to offer an even more comprehensive and tightly meshed service network in this key trade with competitive transit times and increased sailing frequency. Each G6 Alliance member can now offer their clients a significantly increased range of port calls and numerous weekly departures," the release said.
The port rotation of the new G6 Suez routed A2X loop includes Laem Chabang, Singapore, Colombo, Damietta, Cagliari, Halifax, New York, Savannah, Norfolk, Cagliari, Damietta, Jebel Ali, Singapore and back to Laem Chabang.
The port rotation for the Suez-routed SVS is Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, Algeciras, Norfolk, Savannah, Jacksonville, Charleston, Algeciras, Colombo, Singapore, Cai Mep and back to Hong Kong.
The Suez-routed CEC calls at Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Shekou, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, (Suez Canal), New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Jeddah, Singapore, Cai Mep and back to Hong Kong.
The Panama-routed NCE rotation is Busan, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai-Yangshan, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Miami and back to Busan.
The Panama-routed NYE rotates through Kaohsiung, Ningbo, Shanghai-Yangshan, Busan, Manzanillo Savannah, New York, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Manzanillo, Balboa, Busan and back to Kaohsiung.
The sixth new loop, the Panama-routed SCE, calls at Xiamen, Shenzhen-Yantian, Shenzhen-Da Chan Bay, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Manzanillo, Kingston, Savannah, Charleston, Kingston and Manzanillo.
