In its weekly newsletter analyst Alphaliner said that the 2M partners had stopped advertising the TP1/Maple service after just three successive sailings.
The service calling at Yantian, Shanghai, Busan and Long Beach started in mid-September to meet demand from shippers following the suspension of Hanjin services.
MSC said in a statement that the service, which started in mid-September, had been omitted for three weeks in October due to the Chinese Golden Week holidays on early October. This corrects a report from Seatrade Maritime News on Wednesday that the service had been suspended after three sailings with no concrete plans to resume.
“Maple is an exclusive MSC provision, and since September has omitted three calls during the so-called ‘Golden Week’ period,” MSC said in a statement.
“It will now resume its full service with a rotation which sees MSC Rochelle departing Yantian on 28th October and calling Shanghai, Busan, Long Beach and Vancouver.”
“MSC is committed to providing reliable service offerings to the trade, and in particular to meet the needs of shippers in the aftermath of Hanjin’s bankruptcy announcement,” the company added.
Read all the background to the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy on our timeline
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