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Pacific boom reaches Golden Week zenith as 2M Alliance trims services

MSC and Maersk's 2M Alliance has followed THE Alliance's lead and has withdrawn several scheduled sailings due to the upcoming Chinese Golden Week and the continuing Covid-19 crisis.

After the initial announcement of 2M's blank sailing programme, there are additional void sailings in the Far East Asia - North America trade, where the alliance has announced the following cancellations:

Far East Asia to North America

WeekTradeServiceVessel / VoyageFirst Load Port / ETDLast Load Port / ETD
41
FEA-USWC
TP1
MAERSK LINS / 041N
Nansha / 9 October
Yokohama / 18 October
43
FEA-USWC
TP3
MSC ARIES / 043N
Yantian / 21 October
Ningbo / 24 October
40
FEA-USEC
TP10
- / 038E
Xingang / 2 October
Busan / 11 October

In light of the above sailings being blanked, the following return voyages will also be blanked.

North America to Far East Asia

WeekTradeServiceVessel / VoyageFirst Load Port / ETDLast Load Port / ETD

44

USWC-FEA

TP1

MAERSK LINS / 044S

Prince Rupert / 29 October

Vancouver / 2 November

46

USWC-FEA

TP3

MSC ARIES / 046S

Long Beach / 11.Nov.2020

Long Beach / 11 November

45

USEC-FEA

TP10

- / 038W

Savannah / 5 November

Jacksonville / 11 November

Moreover, Maersk Line has announced an additional blank sailing on Far East Asia - Indian Subcontinent trade:

ServiceVesselVoyage (Westbound)First Port / ETDVoyage (Eastbound)First Port / ETD
CHX
MEA DUMMY 22
040W
Laem Chabang / 11 October
043E
Ennore Chennai / 19 October

Furthermore, 2M Alliance's Dragon service will prolong its Hong Kong northbound call omission due to the continued port congestion on the Australian East Coast for another four weeks, effective from the container vessel Santa Tresa/ voyage 038N. The first announcement issued on 19 August and had introduced an initial four-week Hong Kong omission.

The following vessels will continue to omit the Hong Kong northbound call:

  • Santa Teresa 038N ETA Sydney 22 September
  • Santa Catarina 039N ETA Sydney 29 September
  • Tasman 040N ETA Sydney 6 October
  • RDO Concert 041N ETA Sydney 13 October

The northbound Hong Kong call on the Dragon service will resume from the vessel RDO Concord 042N ETA Sydney 20 October 2020.

Another service alteration is the update of the Barcelona feeder rotation. Maersk has announced that starting from week 43 (19-25 October), the rotation of L75 feeder service will be: Barcelona, Genoa/Vado-Ligure, La Spezia, For sur Mer, Barcelona, Algeciras, Port Tangier, Barcelona

The essential change is the cancellation of the call at Genoa SECH terminal, which will receive its last L75 call by Nora Maersk Voyage 043W with an estimated time of arrival (ETA) on 17 October.

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