2M Alliance to launch new transpacific service

The 2M Alliance’s new TP3/Sequoia will commence Dec. 9 from Chiwan and will provide 12-day transits from Ningbo to Long Beach.    Members of the 2M Alliance – Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) – will launch a new transpacific service next month.
   Maersk will refer to the new service as the TP3, while MSC will dub it the Sequoia service.
   The TP3/Sequoia will have a rotation of Chiwan, Yantian, Ningbo, Long Beach and Chiwan.
   The loop will commence from Chiwan Dec. 9 with the Safmarine Mulanje and will provide 12-day transits from Ningbo to Long Beach, according to an MSC press release.
   A spokesperson from Maersk told American Shipper the service will deploy five, 4,500-TEU vessels and will be “purely a 2M product.”
   “Direct port calls at Chiwan, Yantian and Ningbo provide broad market coverage and allow for extensive transshipment options for Pearl River Delta freight,” the Maersk spokesperson said.