CMA CGM, UASC, CSCL and Hanjin join in new India-Med-US cooperation deal

2015-01-16

CMA CGM is partnering with UASC, CSCL and Hanjin Shipping on their joint Mediterranean-US service (Amerex/MINA/IMU) that has replaced the French shipping line's Amerigo Express service and UASC-Hanjin's joint loop branded MINA by UASC and IMU by Hanjin.

This it the first time CSCL is offering a Mediterranean-US service, while CMA CGM, CSCL and UASC are involved in a set of agreements within the Ocean Three alliance. Hanjin goes on as a partner in continuation of its former arrangement with UASC, reported Alphaliner.

This Mediterranean-US service is a segment of a wider service calling also in India and in the Middle East, that retakes the profile of the former UASC-Hanjin service.

The new joint service calls at Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Port Qasim, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jeddah, Port Said (SCCT), Livorno, La Spezia, Genoa, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Tangier, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Miami, Tangier, Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa, Livorno, Marsaxlokk, Port Said (SCCT), Jeddah and back to Khor Fakkan.

It is operated with 11 ships of 6,500-7,000 TEU and turns in 11 weeks.

The two Mediterranean-US services it replaces used to offer a total weekly capacity of 7,000 TEU, consisting of 2,800 TEU weekly on the Amerigo Express and 4,200 TEU on the MINA/IMU.

Source from : www.schednet.com

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