Aseveryonebidsfarewelltotheoldyearandwelcomesthenewyearwithgreatjoy,andiseagerlylookingforwardtotheupcomingLunarNewYear,therearemanymajorshippingcompaniesonthetrans-Pacificroute.Routeshavebeensuspendedoradjustedoneafteranother.
Before mid-December, major shipping companies on the trans-Pacific route announced their suspension routes after the Lunar New Year. Well above the average number of sailing cancellations over the past seven years.
Sea-Intelligence, a shipping analysis agency, said that so far, major shipping companies on the trans-Pacific route have announced that the total shipping capacity that will be suspended after January 25 reaches 137,800TEU. This is The largest capacity reduction for this period in the past seven years.
Last year, shipping companies on the transpacific route reduced total West Coast capacity by 254,000 TEU in the weeks following the Chinese New Year, compared with 129,000 to 216,000 TEU before 2013. TEU. Based on past experience, there may be further suspensions planned four weeks before the Lunar New Year.
First of all, the decline in cargo volume is the fundamental reason for the suspension of sailings. As a major trading country on the trans-Pacific route, the GDP growth rates of the United States in the first, second and third quarters of 2019 were 3.1%, 2.0%, and 1.9% respectively, and its domestic economy has obvious downward momentum. Affected by the Sino-US trade war, compared with 2018, US imports from Asia fell by 0.7% in the first 11 months of 2019, and imports from China plummeted by 7.8% year-on-year.
Secondly,theupcomingChineseNewYearisalsothereasonwhyshippingcompanieshavesuspendedsailingsonalargescale.SincemanyAsianfactoriescloseforonetotwoweeksduringtheLunarNewYear,shippingcompaniesusuallysuspendsomeroutestopreparefortheNewYearholiday.ButbeforetheLunarNewYearbegins,AsianfactoriestypicallystartshippinggoodstoU.S.retailersandmanufacturersinmid-to-lateDecember,butduetoaslowdownintheU.S.economyandtariffsimposedbytheTrumpadministrationongoodsimportedfromtheU.S.Therehasbeennosimilarshipmentpeakthisyear,andthissituationhasalsoledtoafurtherexpansionofthenumberofsuspendedroutes.
Inaddition,theupcomingnewsulfurlimitregulationIMO2020isalsooneoftheinfluencingfactors.InternationalMaritimeOrganization(IMO)Globaldemandforlow-sulfurfueloil(LSFO)fromJanuary1nextyearhasledtoareductioninshippingcapacity.UnderIMO2020requirements,carriersneedtotakeindividualvesselsoutofserviceforaweektoflushhigh-sulfurfuelfromtheirtanksandreplaceitwithLSFO.OntheoccasionoftheNewYear,suchalarge-scalesuspensionofsailingsmaybeaslightlyheavystartfortheglobalshippingindustry.While”chronicdiseases”suchaseconomicenvironmentfluctuationsandindustrydevelopmentbottleneckshavenotyetbeencured,itwillfacenewchallengessuchasthe”sulfurlimitorder”.Inthenewdecade,theshippingindustrystillurgentlyneedstoseektransformationanddevelopment.
ThefollowingarethesuspensionnoticesandsuspensionrouteadjustmentsoflinercompaniessuchasCOSCOShippingLines,MediterraneanShippingLines,APL,andOrientOverseasShipping:COSCOShipping’s 2020 Spring Festival Suspension Plan
COSCO Shipping Lines’ 2020 Spring Festival suspension plan and alternative service plan for Middle East and Red Sea routes. The details are as follows:
(The above arrangement may Further adjustments based on the actual situation)
COSCO Shipping Lines’ 2020 Spring Festival suspension plan and alternative service plan for European and Mediterranean routes. The details are as follows:
(The above arrangement may Further adjustments based on actual conditions)
Hapag-Lloyd Suspension Plan
In order to cope with the traditional seasonal changes in market demand after the Spring Festival in 2020, Hapag-Lloyd has implemented the following measures that will affect the Far East Blank sailings starting from the port (Blank Sailings – AN1/AN2/JCS):
In response to traditional seasonal changes in market demand associated with the Chinese New Year holiday, the company��Arrived in Houston on March 4.
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Services will resume on COSCO GENOA (GOZ) 046E/W:
The eastbound route is scheduled to be on February 9, 2020 Arriving in Shanghai, the westbound route is scheduled to arrive in Houston on March 11, 2020.
Asia-Europe routes
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Asia-Northern Europe services:
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Loop Line 1
Westbound line: originally planned to arrive in Shanghai on February 2, 2020, eastbound line: originally planned to arrive in March 2020 Arrive in Felixstowe on the 4th.
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Loop Line 3
Westbound line: Originally planned to arrive in Xiamen on February 5, 2020, Eastbound line: Original plan Arrived in Hamburg on March 10, 2020. Westbound line: originally planned to arrive in Xiamen on February 19, 2020, eastbound line: originally planned to arrive in Hamburg on March 24, 2020.
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Loop 4
Westbound route: Originally planned to arrive at Xingang on January 30, 2020, Eastbound route: Original plan Arriving at Southampton on March 8, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Newport on March 13, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Southampton on March 22, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Newport on March 12, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Southampton on April 19, 2020.
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Loop 5
Westbound route: Originally planned to arrive in Qingdao on February 9, 2020, Eastbound route: Original plan Arriving in Rotterdam on March 16, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Qingdao on March 22, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Rotterdam on April 27, 2020.
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Loop Route 6
Westbound route: Originally planned to arrive in Kaohsiung on January 26, 2020, Eastbound route: Original plan Arrived in Felixstowe on March 7, 2020.
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Loop Route 7
Westbound route: Originally planned to arrive in Ningbo on February 9, 2020, Eastbound route: Original plan Arriving in Antwerp on March 13, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Ningbo on February 23, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Antwerp on March 27, 2020.
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Asia-Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea Services
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EM1
Westbound line: originally planned to arrive in Busan on January 19, 2020, eastbound line: originally planned to arrive in Istanbul on February 21, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Busan on February 9, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Istanbul on March 13, 2020.
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EM2
Westbound line: originally planned to arrive in Qingdao on January 30, 2020, eastbound line: originally planned to arrive in 2020 Arriving in Ashdod on February 25. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Qingdao on February 13, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Ashdod on March 10, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Qingdao on February 20, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Ashdod on March 17, 2020.
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Asia-Western Mediterranean Services
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WM1
Westbound line: originally planned to arrive in Qingdao on January 20, 2020, eastbound line: originally planned to arrive in La Spezia on February 21, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Qingdao on February 3, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in La Spezia on March 6, 2020.
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WM2
Westbound line: originally planned to arrive in Qingdao on January 28, 2020, eastbound line: originally planned to arrive in 2020 Arriving in Valencia on March 3.
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AAS
Westbound line: originally planned to arrive in Shanghai on December 17, 2019, eastbound line: originally planned to arrive in 2020 Arrive in Trieste on January 20th. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Shanghai on January 7, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Trieste on February 10, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Shanghai on January 21, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Trieste on February 24, 2020. Westbound route: originally planned to arrive in Shanghai on February 25, 2020, eastbound route: originally planned to arrive in Trieste on March 30, 2020. In terms of voyage resumption arrangements, the following Asia-Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea service (EM1) voyages departing in the same week as the above affected AAS voyages will additionally call at Koper, and their port calling sequence will be adjusted as follows: Shanghai – Busan – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Said West – Koper – Izmit – Ambali Port – Constanta – Odessa – Piraeus – Port Said West – Jeddah – Port Klang – Busan
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EM1 voyages affected by the above port call order adjustment are as follows (westbound):
Planned on December 19, 2019 Arrival in Shanghai Planned to arrive in Shanghai on January 9, 2020 Planned to arrive in Shanghai on January 23, 2020 Planned to arrive in Shanghai on February 27, 2020
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