Hamburg-Süd resumes Oakland call on Australia-New Zealand service

Calls to the Northern California port had been suspended during the contentious ILWU-PMA contract dispute.    Hamburg Süd and Hapag-Lloyd are reinstating calls at the Port of Oakland on their PNW/WAN container service between Australia and New Zealand and the U.S. West Coast.
   According to ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting, each of the companies provide two of the four 2,617-TEU average ships on the loop, which provides 16 day frequency.
   The PNW/WAN will call the Port of Oakland again on a direct basis effective with the arrival of the Cap Pasado (voyage 924 northbound) on April 21. 
   Oakland calls were suspended in February, during the contentious labor contract dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers, represented by the Pacific Maritime Association.
   Other carriers taking slots on the PNW/WAN are Alianca, ANL, CMA CGM, Delmas and USL, according to BlueWater Reporting. The full port rotation is Vancouver BC, Tacoma, Oakland, Long Beach, Tauranga, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Auckland, Suva, and back to Vancouver.