08 Feb 2012
Hapag-Lloyd provides an update on new G6 Alliance Far East to Europe Trade.
We would like to provide you with an update of the new G6 Alliance in the Far East to Europe trade.
The G6 Alliance will begin commence services from the first week of March ? one month ahead of schedule.
The alliance will launch six services from the Far East to North Europe at the start of March. A seventh service will follow depending on sustainable trading conditions. The seventh loop (Loop 2) will provide direct coverage to the Bay of Bohai ports of Dalian and Xingang. Until then, the Bay of Bohai will be served via feeder connections.
In addition to the existing Asia-Mediterranean Express Service, the alliance will launch a new Asia-Black Sea Express service in the first week of April.
Below please find an updated port rotation of the initial eight loops:
Loop 1 (Subject to Japan Harbour Transportation Association approval)
Kobe ? Nagoya ? Shimizu ? Tokyo ? Hong Kong ? Cai Mep ? Singapore ? Jeddah ? Rotterdam ? Hamburg ? Southampton ? Le Havre ? Singapore ? Hong Kong ? Kobe
Loop 3
Shanghai ? Ningbo ? Shekou ? Singapore ? Rotterdam ? Bremerhaven ? Gdansk ? Gothenburg ? Rotterdam ? Jeddah ? Singapore ? Chiwan ? Hong Kong ? Shanghai
Loop 4
Ningbo ? Shanghai ? Yantian ? Singapore ? Southampton ? Hamburg ? Rotterdam ? Singapore ? Yantian ? Ningbo
Loop 5
Kwangyang ? Pusan ? Shanghai ? Chiwan – Yantian ? Singapore ? Rotterdam ? Hamburg ? Thamesport ? Singapore ? Kwangyang
Loop 6
Kaohsiung ? Xiamen ? Shekou ? Hong Kong ? Singapore ? Colombo ? Southampton ? Antwerp ? Hamburg ? Rotterdam ? Jebel Ali ? Singapore ? Shekou ? Kaohsiung
Loop 7
Qingdao ? Shanghai ? Hong Kong ? Yantian ? Singapore ? Le Havre – Rotterdam ? Hamburg ? Southampton ? Singapore ? Yantian ? Qingdao
EUM Service
Pusan ? Shanghai ? Ningbo ? Chiwan ? Shekou ? Hong Kong ? Singapore ? Port Kelang ? Jeddah ? Damietta ? Genoa ? Fos Sur Mer ? Barcelona ? Valencia ? Damietta ? Jeddah ? Singapore ? Hong Kong
ABX Service
Ningbo ? Shanghai ? Shekou ? Hong Kong ? Singapore ? Port Said ? Ashdod ? Istanbul ? Constanza ? Odessa ? Istanbul ? Ashdod ? Port Said ? Singapore
Members of the G6 Alliance are APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Hapag-Lloyd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line.
Further details of the new product will be announced in due course.
We will keep you regularly informed.
Kind regards,
Hapag-Lloyd AG