Coronavirus continues to affect the world container shipping market with three of the top carriers implementing additional blank sailings in May and June.
Maersk has announced ABX service void sailings due to a lack of demand in the Far East Asia and the Middle East as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
| Service | Vessel | Voyage (Westbound) | First Port / ETD | Voyage (Eastbound) | First Port / ETD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ABX
|
MDV 1 CMB DOH JAL FEEDER
|
020W
|
Colombo / 15 May 2020
|
021E
|
Jebel Ali / 20 May 2020
|
|
ABX
|
MDV 1 CMB DOH JAL FEEDER
|
022W
|
Colombo / 29 May 20202
|
023E
|
Jebel Ali / 3 June 2020
|
A similar decline in demand means that Hapag-Lloyd will also implement the following void sailing in week 22.
MGX Service
Westbound voyage:
- SANTA VIOLA 11W21
- LIVORNO ETS 20 May 2020
- GENOA ETS 22 May 2020
- BARCELONA ETS 24 May 2020
- VALENCIA ETS 26 May 2020
As an alternative, the German company offers the MPS service Cap Jackson 29W21 for Cartagena as final destination or as transhipment port.
- LIVORNO ETS 22 May 2020
- GENOA ETS 24 May 2020
- FRFOS ETS 25 May 2020
- BARCELONA ETS 28 May 2020
- VALENCIA ETS 30 May 2020
As an alternative for all other destinations aside from Cartagena the company is able to offer the adjacent MGX sailings.
Eastbound voyage:
SANTA VIOLA 11E24
- Veracruz ETS 14 June 2020
- Altamira ETS 16 June 2020
- Houston ETS 20 June 2020
- New Orleans ETS 23 June 2020
- Caucedo ETS 29 June 2020
As alternative, Hapag-Lloyd offers the adjacent MGX sailings.
Likewise, MSC will exclude one sailing during week 21 from its SAEC to Gulf and week 24 from Gulf to SAEC (UCLA service) with vessel MSC Methoni in order to adapt capacity to current market demands.
MSC clarifies that this relates to a single voyage only and that all its ocean liner services are continuing to operate.
MSC has also encouraged its customers to continue to place bookings for the shipments from SAEC to the Gulf.
GULF TO SAEC 1/ UCLA
MSC Methoni Voyage 21N as from Navegantes ETA 18 May 2020
MSC Methoni 24S as from Veracruz ETA 11 June 2020
