Home Page About us Forum MIL
Tracuu
 



Username
Password
 
Member Register


 
 
 
Login

     

Grand Alliance adds Vietnam/USEC call

12/17/2009 10:14:21 AM

Grand Alliance carriers Hapag-Lloyd, NYK Line and OOCL said they will add a direct Vietnam call at the Cai Mep deepwater port to their Asia East Coast Express (AEX) service, starting Jan. 9.

 

They become the second alliance to offer direct connections from Vietnam’s newest port complex to the U.S. East Coast. In July the CKYH carriers (COSCO, “K” Line, Yang Ming, and Hanjin Shipping) added a connection from Cai Mep to Norfolk, New York and Halifax on their round-the-world AWE-4 service.

 

The Grand Alliance service transits both ways via the Suez Canal and has stops at several transshipment hubs between Vietnam and North America. The port rotation will be Cai Mep, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Colombo, Cagliari, Halifax, New York, Savannah, Norfolk, New York, Halifax, Cagliari, Jeddah, Colombo, Singapore and Cai Mep.

 

The Grand Alliance service has double stops in New York and Halifax (which the CKYH service doesn’t) and uses ships with an average capacity of 5,500 TEUs (compared to the 3,850-TEU “K” Line ships used for the CKYH service).

 

The Grand Alliance said it will use 10 ships instead of the nine deployed currently when the revised rotation takes effect.

 

Both the CKYH and New World alliances offer direct services from Cai Mep to the U.S. West Coast, but New World Alliance carriers (APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine and MOL) transship Vietnam/U.S. East Coast cargo in Singapore.

  

American Shipper

RELATED NEWS
OTHER NEWS
MOL Hikes Reefer Rates (12/17/2009 10:13:59 AM)
JOS announced change of schedule (12/17/2009 10:13:24 AM)
Zim to raise Asia-to-Europe rates US$250/TEU from January 1 (12/16/2009 10:12:32 AM)
Crowley Adds Third Central America Sailing (12/16/2009 9:51:03 AM)
Double-digit cargo rise at Shanghai port (12/15/2009 9:37:15 AM)
Hyundai raises U.S. exports rates to Europe (12/14/2009 10:05:45 AM)
MISC Quits Grand Alliance (12/12/2009 9:42:35 AM)
HK box volumes down 16% in third quarter (12/11/2009 10:05:09 AM)
Zim raises Asia-to-Europe rates (12/11/2009 10:03:07 AM)
Bahrain Inaugurates Box Port (12/9/2009 10:19:35 AM)
COMMENTS

Your comment

Content:
Email / Name / Tel:
 
The most comprehensive and easy-to-use global marine weather application
With the Courtesy of Bao Hoang Yachts Co.
Click "HERE" to get your own 30day free trail
or contact Ms Phuong Bui at Vietnam Shipper:
phuongbq@vil.com.vn / 08.39330 148

On its way to develop alternative energy-sources for greener aviation, Airbus is also supporting basic research activities for electric aircraft concepts “eGenius”...
more ...
 
Which column are you most interested in VietnamShipper?
Very great
Great
Normal
Not very great

© 2005 Copyright byVietnam Institute of Logistics/ Vietnam Shipper. All right reserved. --- Contact for Advertisement

25th Floor, Pearl Plaza - 561A Dien Bien Phu Str., Binh Thanh Dist. HCMC - Vietnam - Tel: (+84.8) 3513 6399 - Fax: (+84.8) 3513 6359 - Email: admin@vietnamshipper.com