CHINA SHIPPING GROUP CHANGES ASIA/EUROPE PLAN

CHINA SHIPPING GROUP CHANGES ASIA/EUROPE PLAN

   China Shipping Group, the expansionist Chinese shipping line, said that it will restructure its weekly Asia/Mediterranean/northern Europe "Loop 2" container service at the end of the year.
    Loop 2 will become an Asia/Mediterranean service.
    The Chinese carrier said that the Loop 2 service will no longer call in northern Europe because its transit times were too long.
    China Shipping Group’s weekly Asia/northern Europe "Loop 1" is not affected by the change.
    China Shipping Group had launched the Loop 2 link in August as an Asia/northern Europe service and subsequently added Mediterranean ports to the rotation.