Regional Updates in Asia & Oceania

Last updated on May 10, 2024

Operational and Customer Service Overview

Last updated on May 10, 2024
Operations Team, Asia & Oceania

"Smooth cargo planning is crucial for success in today's global market. That's why we proactively update our Asia and Oceania operational news and help our customers plan to avoid disruptions and navigate the complexities of the supply chain with ease."

  • Suez Canal & Red Sea situation: We will keep you updated on the status of individual vessels and services for Asia & Oceania on our Live-Ticker. Please ensure bookmarking this article. Please also visit our FAQ for further information.
  • Please review the sections below for more details

Vessel updates and port changes per service

Far East Services

Far East Loop 2 (FE2)

  • There will be no sailing in week 19
  • Brussel Express V027E will phase out with rotation SIN – NBO – PUS. Will phase in MD2 week 22. ALL YSA CARGO ROB FOR MD2 DIRECT DISCHARGE. ALL NSS/YTN CARGO DISHCHARGE IN PUS
Far East Pacific (FP1)  service
 
  • No updates for this week

Far East Loop 3 (FE3)

  • Zenith Lumos V014E will phase out SIN - YTN – HKG. Will phase in MD2 week 20. WILL OMIT KHH/NBO. ALL XMN/VUT CARGO DISCHARGE IN SIN. ALL NBO/KHH CARGO ROB FOR MD2 DIRECT DISCHARGE
  • ONE Tribute 024E will phase out to FE2 in week 21. SIN - YTN - HKG – KHH.

Far East Loop 4 (FE4)

  • No updates for this week

Far East Loop 5 (FE5)

  • No schedule updates for this week

Mediterranean Service 1 (MD1)

  • There will be no sailing on week 27

Mediterranean Service 2 (MD2)

  • There will be no sailing on week 27.

Mediterranean Service 3 (MD3)

  • There will be no sailing on week 27.
  • YM WISDOM 028E phase out in week 20. Cargo Arrangement and P/out rotation TBC.
  • Leverkusen Express 048W to phase in week 20.
  • Paris express 029E phase out in week 23. phase out rotation at SIN-KHH-PUS-NBO-YSA. Cargo Arrangement SHK cargo to discharge in SIN.

Asia-North America East Coast (AA7)

  • New RAS rotation addition of YTN: YSA-NBO-TPE-YTN-SHK-VUT-SIN-CMB

IRT Asia Services

Asia Gulf Express 2 (AG2)

  • No schedule updates for this week

Asia Gulf Express 3 (AG3)    

  • No updates for this week

Asia Red Sea 1 (AR1)

  • ONE Theseus 086E to phase out in week 19 at SIN. phase out rotation AQJ – SOK – JED - SIN. All PUS/SHG/NBO/SHK cargo to discharge at SIN.

China Australia Service (CAT)

  • There is no sailing in week 25 and 32

Japan Pusan Feeder (JP1)

  • No updates this week

Japan Singapore Jakarta Service (JSJ)

  • No updates this week

North Asia - Australia Service (NAX)

  • Charlotte Schulte 0105S phase in at PUS in week 21.

South East Asia - Australia Service (SAL)  

  • CMA CGM Tancredi 429S phase out at SIN in week 29.
  • Replacement vessel TBN phase in at TPP in week 29.
  • APL Oregon 424S phase out at SIN in week 24.
  • CMA CGM Bianca 424S phase in at PKG in week 24 to replace APL Oregon.

South East Asia - Australia Loop 2 Service (SEA)  

  • Antwerp Bridge 420S phase out at SIN in week 20. Phase out rotation TPP-SIN, all TPP/SIN imports for direct discharge.
  • CMA CGM Rabelais 420S phase in at TPP in week 20 to replace Antwerp Bridge.
  • CMA CGM Corneille 427S phase out at SIN in week 27.
  • APL Oregon 427S phase in at TPP in week 27.

South East Asia - Australia Loop 3 Service (S2A)

  • No updates for this week

Vietnam Indonesia Straits Service (VIS)

  • CAT LAI E 057 omits PEN in week 20.
  • EF EMMA 963 omits BLW in week 21.

Singapore Thailand feeder

  • No updates this week

Latin America Asia Services

ANDEX SLING 1 - (AN1)

  • No updates this week

ASIA MEXICO EXPRESS  (TPM, also known as AME1)

  • No updates this week

ANDEX SLING 2 (AN2)

  • No schedule updates for this week

ASIA SAEC SERVICE 2 (AS2)

  • No updates this week

Joint Caribbean Service (JCS)

  • No schedule updates for this week

EAST AFRICA SERVICE 3 (EA3)

  • No updates this week

EAST AFRICA SERVICE 4 (EA4)

  • No updates this week

ASIA WEST AFRICA SERVICE (AWA)

  • No schedule updates this week


Transpacific Services

East Coast Loop 1 (EC1)

  • Hyundai Pride 049E phase in week 20 position in KHH from MD1.
  • Essen Express 048E phase in week 22 position in KHH from AG3.
  • Hyundai Dream 053E phase in week 23 position in KHH from MD2.
  • Hyundai Hope 054E phase in week 24 position in KHH from drydock.
  • YM Wisdom 019E phase in week 25 position in KHH from MD3.
  • Ad hoc call XMN from week 16 to 26. New rotation KHH-XMN-YSA-NBO-PUS-YTN-NYC.
  • Ain Snan Express 032W phase out week 24 position to drydock.
  • Proforma change effective week 19 Hyundai Drive 051E position with XMN included into proforma rotation. New Rotation KHH-XMN-YTN-YSA-NBO-PUS.

East Coast Loop 2 (EC2)

  • Ad hoc call YTN from week 16 to 26 vessel position for EC4 suspension coverage. New Rotation TAO-YTN-NBO-YSA-PUS-PCN-CTG.
  • Unayzah Express 039W phase out week 28
  • Southampton Express 032W phase out week 32
  • Proforma change effective week 19 Umm Salal 038E position with YTN included into proforma rotation. New Rotation TAO-YTN-NBO-YSA-PUS-LZC.

East Coast Loop 4 (EC4)

  • Service reinstatement postponed until further notice

East Coast Loop 5 (EC5)

  • AEJEA omission week 19 to 21 involving ONE Owl 026W, ONE Swan 027W and ONE Falcon 026W.
  • AEJEA omission week 22 to 26 involving ONE Quila 025W, ONE Grus 024W, ONE Monaco 024W, ONE Hawk 029W and ONE Eagle 032W.

East Coast Loop 6 (EC6)

  • ONE Commitment 063W phase out week 20 position to PS3. Phase out rotation PCN-KHH-HKG-PUS. All YTN inbound T/S via HKG. All NBO/YSA laden inbound ROB for PS3 direct discharge.
  • ONE Maxim 069E phase in week 21 position in KHH.

Pacific South Loop 3 (PS3)

  • YM Uniformity 071W phase out week 21 to drydock. phase out rotation LAX-OAK-TYO-PUS-SHG. All NBO/SHK/SIN/PKG/NSA.PAV/CMB T/S via PUS.

Pacific South Loop 4 (PS4)

  • No updates for this week

Pacific South Loop 6 (PS6)

  • no schedule updates for this week

Pacific South Loop 7 (PS7)

  • no schedule updates for this week

Pacific Southwest Express (PSX)

  • no schedule updates for this week

Pacific North Loop 1 (PN1)

  • ONE Maxim 065W phase out week 20 at KHH. phase out rotation VAN – TYO – NGO – UKB – XMN - KHH. All NGB inbound cargo to ROB for direct discharge under EC6.
  • MOL Mastro 072W change rotation to TIW – VAN - TYO – NGO - UKB – XMN.
  • Brighton 008W change rotation to TIW – VAN - TYO – NGO - UKB - XMN.

Pacific North Loop 2 (PN2)

  • YM Tiptop 015W phase out in week 23. Phase out rotation VAN-TIW-TYO-UKB-KHH-HKG-SIN-LCH-VUT. All YTN inbound cargo retain onboard for direct discharge under PN3.
  • Seaspan Yangtze 031E phase in SIN in week 21.
  • Aristomenis 028E phase in SIN in week 23.

Pacific North Loop 3 (PN3)

  • YM Target 019E phase in HKG in week 20
  • YM Tiptop 016E phase in HKG in week 24. She will call HPH before HKG.

Pacific North Loop 4 (PN4)

  • MOL Charisma 226E phase in week 20 at TAO.
  • YM Mutuality 101E phase in week 22 at TAO.
  • Humen Bridge 093E phase in cancelled. She will remain in FP1 service.
  • Hyundai Faith 108W to call Busan Container Terminal (BCT) instead of HMM PSA Newport Terminal (HPNT)

Far East Pacific Loop (FP1)

  • No updates for this week

Asia-North America East Coast (AA7)

  • New RAS rotation addition of YTN: YSA-NBO-TPE-YTN-SHK-VUT-SIN-CMB

Oceania Services

North America Westcoast - New Zealand/Australia (WSN)

  • No updates for this week

Australia - New Zealand via Panama (ANP)

  • ANP service will return to transiting the Panama Canal effective mid-May. The service will re-instate the standard rotation (single loop): USPHL-USCHS-PCN-PABLB-NVTRG-AUSYD-AUMEL-NZPOE-NZTRG-PCN-MXZLO-PACTB-COCTG
  • First vessel will be Maersk Inverness 419S to transit via Panama on the southbound leg.

Asia

China

  • Qingdao: Waiting time 36 to 48 hours due to fog bunching of vessels
  • Shanghai: Waiting time 72 to 96 hours due to bunching of vessels 
  • Ningbo:  Waiting time 72 to 96 hours due to bunching of vessels. Berth waiting time depends on the terminal.

Singapore:

  • Waiting time 48 to 72 hours due to bunching of vessels and congestion.

Oceania

  • Brisbane (DP World): Waiting time 3 to 129 hours due to crane outage and expected strong winds
  • Sydney (Patrick): waiting time 24 to 48 hours due to bad weather
  • Fremantle (Patrick): waiting time 48 to 96 hours due to vessel bunching

 

Railway Operations
  • No reported issue nor known disruption

Truck Availability

  • No reported issue nor known disruption

Barge / Feeder Availability

  • No reported issue nor known disruption

Depots / Equipment

  • No reported issue nor known disruption
  • If you require any assistance please do not hesitate to contact your local customer service representative in East Asia  and Oceania
  • For faster BL release at destination, we encourage customers to switch from OBL to SWB however; we do understand that this is not always possible. If any assistance is needed please reach out to your local customer service documentation team.
  • Counter services are open for majority of the offices. For Counter Service Operating Hours, please contact your local office.
  • Many of our staff are back in office, and our contact center is operating normally.
  • We recommend that you use our e-tools (Web-Booking and EASI) for submitting bookings and Shipper Instructions.
  • For vessel/container/booking status and sailing schedules, please visit the Online Business Suite section on our website.
  • Check out the Hapag-Lloyd Navigator tool for an overall glance of your current shipments.
  • For Dangerous Good Cargo terminal gate acceptance, remember to send us electronic copies of their Export Hazardous Declarations to be uploaded in your DG bookings.

Booking Cancellation Fee in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

QQ Spot Bookings:

  • Booking cancellation fee will be applicable to every container cancelled within a confirmed shipment.

Non-QQ Spot Bookings in Mainland China and Hong Kong:

  • Booking cancellation fee is applicable to booking cancelled within 7 calendar days prior to the Estimated Time of Departure (ETD) of the first intended vessel destined to ALL TRADES due to customers related issues.

Quick Quote Bookings in Taiwan:

  • Booking cancellation fee is applicable to booking cancelled within 7 calendar days prior to the Estimated Time of Departure (ETD) of the first intended vessel destined to ALL TRADES due to customers related issues.

Non-Quick Quotes/Non-QQ Spot Bookings in Taiwan:

  • Booking cancellation fee is applicable to booking cancellation fee will be applicable to every container cancelled or no-show within a confirmed shipment, after CY cut off 17:30

If you are shipping from Pearl River Delta (PRD) or Yangtze River Delta (YRD), please take note below additional information:

  • Calculation rule is based on Estimated Time of Departure (ETD) of the first intended vessel shown on booking confirmation.
  • Booking Cancellation Fee (FIO) is not applicable if there is a change of feeder vessel schedule, but mainline vessel schedule remains unchanged. (Excluding QQ Spot booking)

Booking cancellation fee amount and general conditions remains unchanged based on the product, please refer to our tariff for more details. We appreciate your continuous support to Hapag-Lloyd. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your respective Hapag-Lloyd offices for more information or email us for more detailed information.

For China: [email protected]
For Hong Kong: [email protected]
For Taiwan: [email protected]

Booking window update for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

The booking window is based on the timeline stated in the following tables for main services and feeder services. The booking window calculation is according to the date when the booking was received until the vessel's departure from the port. Bookings received from the effective date should follow the booking window logic. Bookings outside the booking window will regretfully be cancelled.

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