Hanjin Shipping, PIL engage in slot swap on Red Sea/Middle East services
Time：2016-04-22
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Instead, the South Korean carrier will co-load on the REX/RSS service operated jointly by APL and PIL that is due to be upsized from deploying 6,500-TEU vessels to those in the 8,500-TEU size range, reported Alphaliner.
The new arrangement appears to come within a slot exchange with PIL, through which PIL will participate in two of Hanjin Shipping`s Far East-Middle East loops.
Like the current RES service, the RSS covers the Upper Red Sea ports of Ain Sokhna and Aqaba on top of Jeddah.
The REX/RSS service calls at Shanghai, Ningbo, Guangzhou-Nansha, Shenzhen-Chiwan, Singapore, Djibouti, Jeddah, Ain Sokhna, Aqaba, Djibouti, Singapore, Guangzhou- and back to Shanghai.
The service turns in eight weeks, currently using eight vessels of 6,300-6,600 TEU.
On its side, PIL is to revise its Far East-Middle East Gulf offer further to the closure of the Far East-Middle East Gulf weekly service offered jointly by Yang Ming, Cosco, PIL and Wan Hai (branded respectively as CG 2/MEX 2/CM 2/CMS 2).
As an alternative, PIL will offer two weekly loops through slots on Hanjin Shipping`s Far East-Middle East Express (FMX) and on the Far East-Middle East segment of Hanjin`s Pacific South & Gulf (PSG) service that is jointly operated with NYK.