G6 voids another transpacific sailing in October

The ocean carrier alliance will skip the Oct. 11 voyage on its North Pacific 3 (NP3) service between Asia and the Pacific Northwest in response to “expected low demand in October,” member OOCL said in a statement.    The G6 Alliance will void one sailing its North Pacific 3 (NP3) service between Asia and the Pacific Northwest, according to alliance member carrier Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL).
   The ocean carrier alliance, comprised of OOCL, Hapag-Lloyd, APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), will skip the Oct. 11 sailing position from Qingdao.
   The latest news comes after OOCL said earlier this week the G6 in October would skip one sailing each on its transpacific Central China 4 (CC4) and South China 2 (SC2) services, as well as on three of its Asia-Europe strings – Loop 5 and Loop 7 from the G6, along with the carrier’s joint EMX service with ZIM.
   According to ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting, the NP3 loop operates with six vessels, five from Hapag-Lloyd and the other from HMM, with an average capacity of 8,719 TEUs. The service has a full port rotation of Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Vancouver (BC), Tacoma (Wash.), Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe and Qingdao.
   The NP3 service will resume Oct. 18 sailing of the Frankfurt Express from Qingdao.
   OOCL said in a statement the skipped sailings are in response to “expected low demand in October.”
   In addition to the NP3, the G6 Alliance currently operates 14 services connecting Asia with North America: the Central China 2 (CC2), Central China 4 (CC4), NYX, South China 1 (SC1/CH1), South China 2 (SC2), South East Asia 2 (SE2), North Pacific 1 (NP1), North Pacific 2 (NP2), Asia Suez Express (AZX), SVS/AUE3, China East Coast Express (CEC), Pacific South Express (SE3), Pacific Atlantic 1 (PA1) and Pacific Atlantic 2 (PA2).