G6 Alliance announces service adjustments between Asia and Europe

Customers benefit from several enhancements / Loop 7 service to include direct port call to Gdansk / Loop 4 to serve Port Said westbound call

22 Jun 2015

In response to the market demand, members of the G6 Alliance today announced the following Asia – Europe service enhancements to improve product transit times and coverage:

Loop 7 services with additional call to Gdansk
The Loop 7 service will be extended by adding a direct port call to Gdansk.
New port rotation: Qingdao – Shanghai (Yangshan) – Hong Kong – Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Gdansk – Southampton – Singapore – Yantian – Qingdao
Effective voyage: Hong Kong Express HGX 011W27, ETA Qingdao 29 June 2015 and
ETA Gdansk 10 August 2015

Loop 4 service serving Port Said westbound
The Loop 4 service will be adjusted to serve the Port Said westbound call.
New port rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai (Yangshan) –Yantian – Singapore – Port Said – Le Havre – Southampton – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Port Said – Jeddah – Singapore – Hong Kong – Ningbo
Effective voyage: Shanghai Express HAI 011W27, ETA Ningbo 3 July 2015

The G6 Alliance offers a variety of services between Asia and Europe, Asia and North America as well as on the Transatlantic covering all major port pairs with weekly sailings. The G6 Alliance members are: APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line.

Hapag-Lloyd press release