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Grand Alliance - Focus on China
| 08.08.02
The Grand Alliance carriers, Hapag-Lloyd, NYK Line, OOCL and P&O Nedlloyd, are introducing a new service covering Central and Northern China ports to and from U.S. PSW gateways in the form of a slot charter agreement with COSCO Container Lines. This service will be offered by the 4 Grand Alliance carriers in an effort to better serve their customers in the fast growing China market with new direct coverage of Xingang and Dalian, which he alliance has not offered before. The new service, while not increasing the total capacity offered to the trade, expands GA coverage beyond existing direct China ports of call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian and Shekou. Port rotation of the new GA service is as follows: Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Yokohama and back to Dalian. The service is expected to commence sometime in September, subject to approval by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. |
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