CSAV and CMA CGM have merged a service connecting Asia and the west coast of South America with a Mediterranean Shipping Co. service, according to CMA CGM and research from American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data.
The move effectively means MSC has withdrawn its Andes Express service and merged it with CSAV and CMA CGM’s Andex 1 loop, with MSC to eventually provide eight of the 11 ships in operation on the service. CSAV will provide two vessels and CMA CGM the other, with an average vessel capacity of 8,500 TEUs, according to ComPair Data.
The rotation of the merged service, which is unchanged, is Chiwan, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Yokohama, Manzanillo (Mexico), Balboa, Callao, Iquique, San Antonio, San Vicente, San Antonio, Callao, Balboa, Manzanillo, Shanghai, Keelung and Chiwan.
Meanwhile, according to ComPair Data many of the vessels displaced by MSC’s arrival on the Andex 1 loop will be migrated to the Andex 2 loop.
The Andex 2 loop will have a revised rotation of Xingang, Qingdao, Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Busan, Manzanillo (Mexico), Lazaro Cardenas, Balboa, Buenaventura, Lazao Cardenas, Manzanillo, Yokohama, and Xingang. The new rotation add a second, westbound call at Lazaro Cardenas, and a call at Balboa, while dropping calls at Puerto Quetzal and Guayaquil.
MSC joins CSAV/CMA Asia-WCSA loop
