Hamburg Sud sets tonnage rationalization in Asia-Mexico·WCSA service

Hamburg Sud and CCNI on the one hand and China Shipping, Hanjin and Hyundai on the other, have reached an agreement to optimize their service offering during the forthcoming slack season between Asia and Mexico·South America West Coast with effect from mid-November 2011.

To this end, the partner’s three slings will be reduced to two. Sling 1 of the new service will see the deployment of eleven 5,500 TEU vessels, of which Hamburg Su..d is to provide ten and CCNI one.

The port rotation in Sling 1 is as follows: Keelung - Hong Kong - Xiamen - Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan - Lazaro Cardenas - Manzanillo - Buenaventura - Callao - Iquique - Puerto Angamos - Valparaiso - Keelung.

In Sling 2 ten container ships with a capacity between 3,100 and 4,500 TEU (nominal) will be deployed. Of these, CCNI, China Shipping and Hanjin will each deploy three vessels and Hyundai one.

The port rotation in Sling 2: Ningbo - Shanghai - Shekou - Hong Kong - Busan - Manzanillo - Buenaventura - Guayaquil - Puerto Angamos - Valparaiso - San Vicente - Manzanillo - Busan - Shanghai.

With the above service optimizations, the partners will ensure adequate port coverage and competitive transit times for the markets in Asia, Mexico and on South America West Coast, both eastbound and westbound.