Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo – May 25, 2004 – The New World Alliance (TNWA), which consists of APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and MOL, announced today that the alliance will soon resume its pre-winter Trans-Pacific deployment. The deployment includes the return of the PSV service, as well as port rotation enhancements to several of its existing services. All changes were made to ensure that TNWA customers continue to receive optimum service coverage, frequency, and options.
PSV
service
TNWA will redeploy the PSV (South China/Los Angeles Express)
service, commencing with the eastbound sailing of the
M/V APL CAIRO
from Hong Kong on
June 6, 2004
and the
westbound sailing of the
M/V APL CAIRO
from Los Angeles on
June 23, 2004.
In 2003, the PSV was deployed during the summer months to provide additional
space and service during the busy peak season. TNWA now expects the PSV to
remain a permanent, year-round service. The PSV port rotation will be: Los
Angeles, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Kaohsiung, return to Los Angeles.
SAX service
Eastbound call at Chiwan will be removed from the SAX port rotation (eastbound
Chiwan call will be covered by the PSV service). Commencing with the sailing
of
the
APL SCOTLAND
voy.126E,
the new SAX port rotation will be: Los Angeles, Oakland, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong,
Chiwan, Laem Chabang, Singapore, return to Los Angeles.
PS2 service
Call at
Kaohsiung will be removed from the PS2 port rotation. Commencing with the
sailing of the
APL THAILAND
voy.076E,
the new PS2 port rotation will be: Los Angeles, Oakland, Dutch Harbor, Yokohama,
Busan, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, return to Los Angeles.
PS3 service
Call at
Hong Kong will be removed from the PS3 port rotation. Additionally the positions
of the Ningbo and Shanghai calls will be reversed. PS3 currently
calls Ningbo prior to Shanghai. Commencing with the sailing of the
MOL ENDEAVOR
voy.012E.
PS3
will call at Shanghai prior to Ningbo. The new PS3 port rotation will be: Los
Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Shanghai, Ningbo, Kobe, Tokyo,
return to Los Angeles.
There will be no changes made to TNWA’s remaining Trans-Pacific West Coast services, PS1, GCX, PSW, and PNW or to TNWA’s Trans-Pacific All-Water East Coast services, NYX and APX .
TNWA will continue to operate ten fixed-day weekly services in the Trans-Pacific trade. Eight services (SAX, PS1, PS2, PS3, GCX, PSV, PSW, PNW) will call the North America West Coast and two services (NYX, APX) will offer all-water service between Asia, Panama, and U.S. East Coast.
TNWA also operates two fixed-day services in the Trans-Atlantic trade and three fixed-day services in the Asia-Europe trade. The three-member alliance co-ordinate some 100 containerships in the major East-West container trades.
For further information, please contact:
APL:
Mr Paul Barrett
Tel: +65 6371 5541
e-mail: Paul.Barrett @apl.com
HMM:
Mr. Jin Il Chung
Tel: +82 2 3706 5474
e-mail: pccji@hmm.co.kr
MOL:
Mr.Tsuyoshi
Yoshida
Tel: +81 3 3587 7393
e-mail:
lapln@mail.mol.co.jp