Hanjin Shipping adds two more lanes to current
U.S. West Coast services

2012-03-20

Hanjin Shipping has announced today that it is adding two more lanes to its current U.S. West Coast services.

PSG (Pacific South & Gulf) Service that connects the Middle East and the U.S. West Coast will start its operation from April with 11 of 6,500TEU class vessels deployed by Hanjin Shipping and NYK. Especially, this direct service from the Middle East and South East Asia to the U.S. West Coast also offers the market’s fastest transit time of 19 days from Singapore to Los Angeles, 17 days from Laem Chabang to Los Angeles and 13 days from Yantian to the U.S. West Coast.

JPX (Japan & Pacific South Express) Service, which is the first direct lane between Japan and the U.S. West Coast will commence in May with 5 of 3,400TEU class ships deployed by a number of partners including Hanjin Shipping and the Grand Alliance (NYK, OOCL, Hapag-Lloyd). This lane will be using Hanjin Shipping’s TTI Terminal in Long Beach and Oakland, which will allow efficient in and out of cargo.

Details of the services are as follows:

PSG (Pacific South & Gulf) Service
• Vessels Deployed: 6,500TEU X 11
• Port Rotation: Jebel Ali-Damman-Port Kelang-Singapore-Laem Chabang-Yantian-Los Angeles-Oakland-Pusan-Shanghai-Ningbo-Yantian-Singapore-Colombo-Jebel Ali
• Date of Launch: April 27th, 2012 (ETD Singapore) for East Bound (USA), May 8th, 2012 (ETD Pusan) for West Bound (Middle East)

JPX(Japan & Pacific South Express) Service
• Vessels Deployed: 3,400TEUX5
• Port Rotation: Kobe-Nagoya-Tokyo-Sendai-Long Beach-Tokyo-Nagoya-Kobe
• Date of Launch: May 10th, 2012 (ETD Kobe)

Hanjin Shipping, press release