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Maersk and MSC suspend extra transpacific service over China's Golden Week holidaysMaersk and MSC suspend extra transpacific service over China's Golden Week holidays

Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) have suspended their extra transpacific service, added in response to the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, after just three sailings.

Marcus Hand, Editor

October 12, 2016

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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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Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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