The Grand Alliance is launching the weekly EU5 container shipping service and updating its dedicated Far East services, deploying eight 5,500-TEU ships.
The newly established EU5, together with service improvements to the EU3 and EU4, are expected to enhance schedule reliability in a fast-growing market.
The first sailings are scheduled for week 16 westbound and week 20 eastbound. The port rotation is Amsterdam, Hamburg, Southampton, Singapore, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen and Singapore.
When the EU5 service commences, the EU3 service will stop calling at the Port of Xiamen, and the EU4 service will stop making ports of call at Ningbo. Both calls have been transferred to the EU5 service.
The Grand Alliance, formed in 1998, comprises container shipping lines Hapag-Lloyd, MISC, NYK and OOCL.
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