In view of the upcoming carnival festivities in Brazil, M/V “MSC Ajaccio” Voyage MM904A will phase out at Malta after having finalized its import voyage. The revised Mediterranean costal schedule of M/V “MSC Ajaccio” for import cargo only is as follows:
In response to the traditional seasonal changes in market demand associated to the Chinese New Year holidays, it has been decided to cancel one ASE Loop 1 (ASE1) and ASE Loop 2 (ASE2) voyage starting in Asia during February 2019.
Consequently, please find below the sailing program of ASE and AS2...
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CMA CGM informs its customers about its Asia-West Africa blank sailing program during the Lunar New Year 2019 festivities.
The blank sailing program on its 3 services WAX, ASAF and AFEX will allow CMA CGM to adjust its network on a temporarily basis week 6. Service continuity will resume effective week 7.
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APL will be implementing an additional void sailing in the Middle East – Gulf market. Please see overview below:
| West Asia Express (WAX) | Tianjin Xingang | 2 February 2019 | Tianjin Xingang – Qingdao – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Sohar – Jebel Ali – Doha – Damman – Bahrain – Port Klang – Singapore – Yantian – Xiamen – Ningbo – Shanghai – Busan |
| West Asia Express 3 (WA3) | Busan | 4 February 2019 | Busan – Lianyungang – Qingdao – Shanghai – Hong Kong – Shekou –... |
Be informed of the following changes in ETA dates for the void sailings on our Oceania services during the Chinese New Year period:
| NZ2 New Zealand Express 2 | Shanghai | 8 | 14 February 2019 | Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Kaohsiung – Brisbane – Auckland – Port Chalmers – Lyttelton – Napier – Tauranga – Hong Kong – Keelung – Shanghai |
| CAS China Australia Service | Kaohsiung | 7 | 6 February 2019 | Kaohsiung – Xiamen – Nansha – Hong Kong – Yantian –... |
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Be informed of the following void sailings that APL is implementing on its Oceania services during the Chinese New Year period:
| NZ2 New Zealand Express 2 | Shanghai | 8 | 14 February 2019 | Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Kaohsiung – Brisbane – Auckland – Port Chalmers – Lyttelton – Napier – Tauranga – Hong Kong – Keelung – Shanghai |
| CAS China Australia Service | Kaohsiung | 7 | 7 February 2019 | Kaohsiung – Xiamen – Nansha – Hong Kong – Yantian – Melbourne... |
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In view of weaker demand during the forthcoming Chinese New Year Holidays, MV “NORTHERN PRECISION” Voyage 1901S/N (ETA Shekou, China on Feb. 14, 2019 and ETA Sydney, Australia on February 28, 2019) and MV “YM KEELUNG” Voyage 099S/N (ETA Shekou, China on February 21, 2019 and ETA Sydney, Australia...
Be informed of the additional void sailings that APL is implementing on its Asia Subcontinent services during the Chinese New Year period:
| AS1 Asia Subcontinent Express | Qingdao | 5 February 2019 | Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Klang – Mundra – Karachi – Port Qasim – Singapore – Qingdao |
| AS6 Asia Subcontinent Express 6 | Shanghai | 13 February 2019 | Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Nansha – Singapore – Port Klang – Nhava Sheva – Karachi –... |
APL will be implementing void sailings on its Asia-North America services to meet reduced demand during the Lunar New Year period.
“To minimize impact to our customers, alternative sailings are available for your cargo originally intended on the advised void sailings”, APL says.
The details are as follows:
U.S. East Coast
| PG6 – Pacific Gulf 6 | CMA CGM RIGOLETTO | ETA Singapore 2 Feb 2019 |
| AW1 – China AW Loop 1 | CMA CGM J. ADAMS | ETA Qingdao 10 Feb 2019 |
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As every year, during the Chinese New Year period, Maersk Line will endeavour to balance its network to match reduced demand for the next several weeks.
“We aim to minimize the impact to our customers by securing alternative routings wherever possible”, the Danish company said in its press release.
For information on Asia – Europe (Westbound) – please click here – updated 7th January
For information on Asia – North America (Eastbound) please click here – updated 7th January
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