G6 Alliance expands cooperation to Trans-Pacific trade
G6 Alliance members decide to reorganise the Asia-to-North America East Coast trade
The G6 Alliance, one of the largest vessel networks in the Asia-to-Europe trade lane, has gained a trade. The six member lines (APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line) have recently agreed to expand their cooperation to the Asia-to-North America East Coast trade.
The new Trans-Pacific partnership is scheduled to begin in May 2013 with six coordinated services, three of them via the Suez Canal, and three via the Panama Canal. In total the alliance will deploy more than 50 ships in this trade calling at almost 30 ports in Asia, North America East Coast, Canada, Central America, Caribbean, Indian Sub-continent, Mediterranean and the Middle East.
The six loops are the result of the merger and revision of several existing services separately offered by the two alliances The New World Alliance and the Grand Alliance. It also includes an entirely new service to form a comprehensive and competitive Trans-Pacific network, reads a joint press release of the members.
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