G6 Alliance voids multiple sailings on east-west trades

Ocean carrier members of the G6 Alliance are scheduled to skip a total of 10 sailings throughout February on Asia-North America and Asia-Europe loops.    Members of the G6 Alliance – ocean carriers APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line – will void a total of 10 sailings throughout February on Asia-North America and Asia-Europe loops, Hapag-Lloyd said.
   For services that operate between Asia and Europe, skipped sailings include:
     • Loop 5 service, westbound ETA Kwangyang Feb. 12, 2016;
     • Loop 6 service, westbound ETA Fuzhou Feb. 11, 2016;
     • Loop 4 service, westbound ETA Ningbo Feb. 19, 2016;
     • Loop 7 service, westbound ETA Qingdao Feb. 15, 2016;
     • And the EUM service, westbound ETA Pusan Feb. 14, 2016.
   The EUM does not call North Europe and only serves the Asia, Middle East and Mediterranean trades.
   For services that operate between Asia and the West Coast of North America, voided sailings include:
     • SC2 service, eastbound ETA Da Chan Bay Feb. 14, 2016; and westbound ETA Long Beach March 1, 2016;
     • SE2 service, eastbound ETA Laem Chabang Feb. 14, 2016; and westbound ETA Los Angeles March 7, 2016;
     • And the NP3 Service, eastbound ETA Qingdao Feb. 14, 2016; and westbound ETA Tacoma March 6, 2016;
   MOL plans to offer alternative coverage for Laem Chabang and Cai Mep calls for the SE2, the Japanese carrier said in a separate statement.
   For services that operate between Asia and the East Coast of North America, voided sailings include:
     • NCE service, eastbound ETA Pusan Feb. 14, 2016; and westbound ETA New York March 19, 2016;
     • And the SVS service, eastbound ETA Hong Kong Feb. 19, 2016; and westbound ETA Norfolk March, 23 2016.
   Overall, these 10 voided sailings combined will result in a total deployed capacity loss of 101,138 TEUs, based on the average vessel capacity of the services, which was gathered from ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting’s Capacity Report.
   Broken down into individual trades, the Asia-North Europe/Mediterranean will be hit the hardest with a loss of 63,686 TEUs of deployed capacity from these announced skipped sailings, followed by the Asia-West Coast of North America and Asia-East Coast of North America trades, which will drop 25,770 TEUs and 11,682 TEUs in deployed capacity, respectively.