G6 suspends transpacific service

The ocean carrier alliance will suspend its Central China 1 loop for six weeks, which is dedicated to the transpacific trade, while the Central China 2 loop will add calls during those six weeks to provide additional coverage.    Members of the G6 Alliance – ocean carriers Hapag-Lloyd, Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), APL, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) – will suspend the transpacific Central China 1 (CC1) service for six weeks, APL and OOCL said Tuesday.
   The CC1 has a rotation of Qingdao, Shanghai, Gwangyang, Busan, Los Angeles, Oakland, Busan, Gwangyang and Qingdao.
   Ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting illustrates the loop deploys six Hyundai operated vessels, which have an average capacity of 6,625 TEUs.
   The CC1 will be suspended starting from week 25 (eastbound ETA Qingdao June 19) and will resume service during week 31 (eastbound ETA Qingdao July 31), according to APL and OOCL.
   Consequently, the G6 Alliance’s CC2, which is also dedicated to the transpacific trade, will be adjusted during this time to provide additional coverage. During the six-week suspension of the CC1, the CC2 will have a rotation of Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Gwangyang, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Busan and Qingdao.
   BlueWater Reporting illustrates that in addition to the CC1 and the CC2, the G6 Alliance operates seven other loops that are strictly dedicated to trade between Asia and the West Coast of North America: the CC4, the SC1/CH1, the SC2, the SE2, the NP1, the NP2 and the NP3.
   The alliance’s SE3 and PA1 also serve trade between Asia and the West Coast of North America, but the SE3 also calls the Middle East; and the PA1 also calls Europe, the East Coast of North America and Central America.