CMA CGM announces launch of three new joint services

Effective from July 2013, CMA CGM, Maersk Line, Hamburg Sud, CSAV, China Shipping Container Lines, and Hanjin will restructure their services between the Far East and South America East Coast by launching three new joint services.

The three new services will replace the following four services:

▲ ASAS 2/NGX 2/SEAS 2/ASAX 2: Currently operated by Maersk Line, Hamburg Sud, CSAV, CMA CGM and China Shipping Container Lines.
▲ SEAS 1/ASAX 1: Currently operated by CSAV, CMA CGM and China Shipping Container Lines.
▲ ASAS 1/NGX 1: Currently operated by Maersk Line and Hamburg Sud.
▲ ALX/ASE: Formerly operated by Hanjin, CCNI, Hapag-Lloyd and ZIM lines.

SEAS 1 - Will be operated with 11 x 8,000 TEU vessels with the following rotation:

▲ Busan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Tanjung Pelepas - Singapore - Sepetiba - Santos - Itapoa - Itajai - Paranagua - Santos (EB) - Sepetiba (EB) - Coega - Singapore - Hong Kong - Busan

SEAS 2 - Will be operated with 12 x 8,000 TEU vessels with the following rotation:

▲ Shanghai - Ningbo - Hong Kong - Chiwan - Singapore - Port Kelang - Santos - Paranagua - Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Rio Grande - Itapoa -Santos - Durban - Port Kelang - Singapore - Hong Kong - Shanghai

SEAS 3 - Will be operated with 10 x 8,000 TEU vessels with the following rotation:

▲Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Chiwan - Singapore - Santos - Itapoa - Singapore - Hong Kong - Shanghai

The new services allow for a more cost efficient and flexible network adjusted to the current trading environment and reflects current market demand in the Far East to East Coast South America trade. 
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