Carrier are pushing ahead with transpacific rate hikes in May despite the severe drop in Chinese volumes that has forced carriers to slash Transpacific capacity by over 20% while capacity utilization on the remaining services are down by more than 5%. The reduction in the cargo flow to the US will start to impact arrivals in May, raising the likelihood of an imminent Sino-US trade deal that could trigger a sharp rebound in Chinese cargo bookings to the US. This has helped carriers’ bid to hike t
Zim has withdrawn the Zim Central China Xpress (ZX2) with the last departure from China on 10 April 2025. The ZX2 was launched in July 2024 and called at Shanghai, Ningbo, Los Angeles, Shanghai using 5 ships of 4,500-5,300 teu. The last sailing was made by the 5,500 te MISSISSIPPI that departed from Ningbo on 10 April 2025 and will make its last call at Los Angeles on 24 April 2025. The withdrawal comes in response to a sharp drop in Chinese exports to the US following the imposition of puniti
TS Lines have withdrawn its South China-Los Angeles AWC2 service from the end of March with the 4 ships of 1,780 teu ships redeployed after completing their last voyages. The AWC2 calls at Xiamen, Nansha, Shekou, Yantian, Los Angeles, Xiamen and turns in 6 weeks using 4 ships of 1,700 teu with multiple blank sailings in each cycle since it was first launched in August 2024. The last sailing was made by the 1,787 teu TS TOKYO that departed from Yantian on 22 March 2025 with an adhoc Busan call o
HMM, ONE and Yang Ming have confirmed the suspension of the Premier Alliance PN4 service launch that was originally scheduled to commence in May 2025. The PN4 was supposed to call at Ningbo, Shanghai, Vancouver, Tacoma, Ningbo and the coverage of the affected ports will remain on the enhanced PN3 service that calls at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Vancouver, Tacoma, Busan, Qingdao.
Evergreen has split the OCEAN Alliance PNW3 - Asia Northwest Persian Gulf (ANP) service into 2 separate services in order to minimize schedule disruptions caused by the persistent port congestion at Vancouver which have faced berthing delays of up to 7 days. The PNW3 - Asia Northwest Persian Gulf (ANP) was originally slated to operate as a Middle East-Far East-US West Coast pendulum service calling at Dammam, Umm Qasr, Jebel Ali, Port Klang Westport, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Sh
MSC will suspend one of the 5 Asia to North America West Coast services that it planned to launch in 2025, reducing its Transpacific coverage to only 4 sailings per week. The withdrawal of the Mustang service that was to connect Xiamen, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Busan, Xiamen would remove about 12,000 teu weekly from the FE-WCNA route and would release 7 ships that MSC said would be redeployed to other trades. The Mustang service had been operated in its pr
The 4 Ocean Alliance partners (CMA CGM, COSC, OOCL and Evergreen) have unveiled their new Day 9 product that will start from April 2025, with the addition of 1 new Asia-North Europe service and 2 new Asia-US West Coast services. Details of the new services as follows * Asia-North Europe Loop 3 (NEU3/AEU3/LL3/NE7) calling at Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Zeebrugge, Felixstowe, Port Klang, Shanghai * Asia-Pacific Southwest PSW11 (SEA3/PSX) callin
TS Lines has revised the port rotation of its self-operated Asia West Coast 2 (AWC2) service from October 2024 to call at Xiamen, Nansha, Shekou, Yantian, Los Angeles, Xiamen. The revised AWC2 replaces the previous AWC2 rotation that called irregularly at Nansha, Xiamen, Los Angeles, Nansha with ad hoc calls at Hong Kong, Kaohsiung and Busan. The service currently deploys 4 ships of 1,700 teu on a 42 day rotation with 2 skipped sailings in the cycle.
COSCO remains the largest carrier on the Transpacific market, with a 16.5% share of total container volumes shipped on the Far East-US route for the 2024 contract season from May to November 2024. COSCO’s larger capacity share on the US West Coast allowed it to dominate the market compared to their European rivals (CMA CGM and Maersk) who deploys a larger proportion of their capacity on the US East Coast.
ONE and Wan Hai will exchange slots on 2 Far East-US West Coast services that each carrier operates from 1 February 2025. ONE will provide to Wan Hai 1,700 teu per week on the PS6 service that it operates under the Premier Alliance agreement. Wan Hai's slots will cover only Shanghai, Ningbo, Long Beach, Oakland, Shanghai and will exclude the other ports of the full PS6 rotation that calls at Busan, Kwangyang, Incheon, Shanghai, Ningbo, Kwangyang, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Busan. Wan Hai wil