Maersk and MSC’s 2M Alliance and Ocean Alliance, which is comprised of CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen and OOCL, have announced void sailings due to the October Golden Week holiday, with the lines expecting a decline in demand for this period, and for the period immediately after Golden Week.
The blank sailing programme of 2M Alliance, which also includes ZIM, will start from week 41, 5 October:
(MSC name codes)
Asia to US East Coast
Week 41 Omission/ Amberjack service
blanking voyage 36E, ETA Tianjin 8 October 2020
to and via: Kingston, Savannah, Charleston, Jacksonville, Wilmington
All shipments from Tianjin, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan will be served via alternative services.
Asia to Canada and US West Coast
Week 41 Omission/ Maple service
blanking voyage UM41N, ETA Nansha 9 October 2020
to and via: Prince Rupert, Vancouver
All shipments from Nansha, Yantian, Shanghai, Busan, Yokohama will be served via alternative services.
Week 43 Omission/ Sequoia service
Blanking voyage US43N, ETA Yantian 20 October 2020
to and via: Long Beach
All shipments from Yantian, Ningbo will be served via alternative services.
US East Coast to Asia
Week 46 Omission/ Amberjack service
blanking voyage 36W, ETA Savannah 11 November 2020
to and via: Busan, Tianjin, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai
All shipments from Savannah, Charleston, Jacksonville, Wilmington, Kingston will be served via alternative services.
Canada and US West Coast to Asia
Week 44 Omission/ Maple service
blanking voyage UM44S, ETA Prince Rupert 27 October 2020
to and via: Nansha, Yantian, Shanghai, Busan, Yokohama
All shipments from Prince Rupert, Vancouver will be served via alternative services.
Week 46 Omission/ Sequoia service
blanking voyage US46S, ETA Yantian 6 November 2020
to and via: Yantian, Ningbo
All shipments from Long Beach will be served via alternative services.
Moreover, Ocean Alliance has also informed its customers about the withdrawal of the following Trans-Pacific sailings in the next month:
(OOCL name codes)
Pacific China North 1 (PCN1):
Port rotation: Tianjin – Qingdao – Shanghai – Prince Rupert – Long Beach – Seattle – Tianjin.
Void sailing from Tianjin on 3 October
Pacific China Central 1 (PCC1):
Port rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Long Beach – Pusan – Ningbo.
Void sailing from Ningbo 10 October
Vietnam China Service (VCS):
Port rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Long Beach – Oakland – Lianyungang – Shanghai
Void sailing from Shanghai 9 October.
Pacific North West 1 (PNW1):
Port rotation: Shekou – Hong Kong – Yantian – Kaohsiung – Vancouver – Seattle – Pusan – Kaohsiung – Shekou.
Void sailing from Shekou 17 October.
Pacific North West 2 (PNW2):
Port rotation: Yantian – Xiamen – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Seattle – Vancouver – Yantian.
Void sailing from Yantian 5 October
Pacific North West 4 (PNW4):
Port rotation: Hong Kong – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai – Prince Rupert – Vancouver – Shanghai – Hong Kong.
Void sailing from Hong Kong 6 October
East Coast China 2 (ECC2):
Port rotation: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Colon – Savannah – Charleston – Boston – New York – Colon – Qingdao.
Void sailing from Qingdao 6 October
Gulf Coast China 1 (GCC1):
Port rotation: Hong Kong – Shekou – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Houston – Mobile – New Orleans – Miami – Singapore – Hong Kong.
Void sailing from Hong Kong 9 October
Gulf Coast China 2 (GCC2):
Port rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Yantian – Houston – Mobile – Tampa – Shanghai.
Void sailing from Shanghai 4 October
