In response to the expected low demand in the market, OOCL would like to announce the withdrawal of the following Asia-Europe sailings:
Asia – North Europe Service
- Loop 3,
o Westbound: ETA Xiamen on August 5 in Week 32
o Eastbound: ETA Hamburg on September 8 in Week 37
- Loop 5,
o Westbound: ETA Qingdao on July 11 in Week 28
o Eastbound: ETA Rotterdam on August 20 in Week 34
o Westbound: ETA Qingdao on September 5 in Week 36
o Eastbound: ETA Rotterdam on October 15 in Week 42
- IP3,
o Westbound: ETA Vizag on July 18 in Week 29
o Eastbound: ETA Rotterdam on August 15 in Week 33
o Westbound: ETA Vizag on August 8 in Week 32
o Eastbound: ETA Rotterdam on September 5 in Week 36
Asia – West Mediterranean Service
- WM2,
o Westbound: ETA Qingdao on July 28 in Week 31
o Eastbound: ETA Valencia on September 1 in Week 36 - AAS,
o Westbound: ETA Shanghai on July 14 in Week 29
o Eastbound: ETA Trieste on August 17 in Week 34
o Westbound: ETA Shanghai on August 4 in Week 32
o Eastbound: ETA Trieste on September 7 in Week 37
o Westbound: ETA Shanghai on August 18 in Week 34
o Eastbound: ETA Trieste on September 21 in Week 39
• For service recovery arrangements, the Asia-East Mediterranean and Black Sea (EM1) sailings that fall on the same week as the AAS blank sailings listed above will add calls to Koper by adjusting its own port rotation as follows: Shanghai – Busan – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Said West –Koper – Izmit – Ambarli – Constanza – Odessa - Piraeus – Port Said West – Jeddah – Port Kelang – Busan
• The concerned EM1 sailings with port rotation adjustments starting from Westbound are:
o ETA Shanghai on July 16 in Week 29
o ETA Shanghai on August 6 in Week 32
o ETA Shanghai on August 20 in Week 34
Asia – East Mediterranean and Black Sea Service - EM1,
o Westbound: ETA Pusan on July 11 in Week 28
o Eastbound: ETA Istanbul on August 14 in Week 33
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