OOCL said it will partially reinstate some of the capacity it had previously withdrawn from the Asia-North Europe trade with the launch of a new service loop to meet rising demand as the trade recovers.
The new service, Loop D, will be jointly operated by the Grand Alliance carriers Hapag-Lloyd, NYK Line and OOCL together with New World Alliance carriers APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine and MOL.
Loop D will begin service on March 22 with 10 vessels of 6,000 20-foot equivalent units capacity apiece.
The port rotation of the new service is: Qingdao, Yangshan, Shekou, Yantian, Singapore, Suez, Port Said, Le Havre, Southampton, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Port Said, Suez, Singapore, Chiwan, Shekou, and back to Qingdao in a 70-day round trip.
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