[180612.EN.SEA] Hanjin Joins Grand Alliance Partners On Two Transpacific Services

KOREA's big container carrier, Hanjin Shipping, has joined the Grand Alliance of Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL as a ship provider on two transpacific strings.

The Korean shipping company is providing four ships, each with a capacity of 6,655 TEU, to the transpacific South China Express service (SCX), which was extended in May to call at ports in the Middle East. The four Hanjin ships will add to the seven ships of 6,500-6,660 TEU provided by NYK, according to Paris-based Alphaliner.

Hanjin, which brands this service as the Pacific South and Gulf (PSG) service, had previously taken 300 TEU per week on the initial Far East-US shuttle, under a slot exchange agreement with NYK and Hapag-Lloyd implemented in October 2011.

The extended SCX/PSG service calls at: Jebel Ali, Dammam, Port Kelang, Singapore, Laem Chabang, Shenzhen-Yantian, Los Angeles, Oakland, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, Colombo, Jebel Ali.

Hanjin Shipping also joined the Grand Alliance on the Transpacific Japan Express service (JPX) in May, providing one 3,400-TEU ship operating alongside four other ships of this size from Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL. The JPX was first launched in May 2011 but was suspended between October 2011 and April 2012 for the winter season.

The JPX calls at: Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Sendai, Long Beach, Oakland, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe. A Sendai call has been added to the rotation this year, after the Tohuku earthquake damaged the port in March last year. The JPX is the only inter-continental service calling at Sendai currently.

Source : HKSG.