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June 9, 2005
TNWA SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
TNWA Announces Peak Season Service Enhancements
Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo - June 9, 2005-The
New World Alliance (TNWA), which consists
of APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM)
and
Mitsui O.S.K. (MOL), has today unveiled
its
Trans-Pacific deployment programme
for the
busy peak shipping season.
TNWA announced deployment changes to
the
service strings of the PS2 and the
PSX (formerly
PSV). All the enhancements are aimed
at providing
additional space and enhanced service
levels
to customers during the peak shipping
season.
PSX service
TNWA has renamed the PSV the PSX, as
it is
now focused on California. The first
voyage
of the PSX will be from Hong Kong on
June
12 by the MOL EXPEDITOR, voy. 017E.
The PSX
rotation will be Hong Kong, Chiwan,
Yantian,
Oakland, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hong Kong.
Kaohsiung
eastbound coverage is suspended, and
the
service adds Oakland and Tokyo coverage.
PS2 service
The PS2 service will add calls at Kaohsiung
when the APL SINGAPORE, voy. 090E sails
from
Xiamen on June 11. The revised PS2
rotation
will be Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian,
Kaohsiung
and Los Angeles.
The rotation and deployment of TNWA's
remaining
Trans-Pacific West Coast services,
SAX, PS1,
PS3, GCX, PSW, and PNW will remain
unchanged,
as do TNWA's Trans-Pacific East Coast
services.
TNWA will continue to operate 10 fixed-day
weekly services in the Trans-Pacific
trade.
Eight services (SAX, PS1, PS2, PS3,
GCX,
PSX, PSW, PNW) call at the North America
West Coast and two services (NYX, APX)
offer
all-water services between Asia and
the US
East Coast via Panama.
TNWA also operates two fixed-day services
in the Trans-Atlantic trade and four
fixed-day
services in the Asia-Europe trade.
The three-member
alliance co-ordinates more than 100
containerships
in the major East-West container trades.
Service Acronyms
| APX |
Atlantic Pacific Express |
| GCX |
Guam China Express |
| NYX |
New York Express |
| PNW |
Pacific Northwest |
| PS1, PS2, PS3 |
Pacific South 1, Pacific South 2, Pacific
South 3 |
| PSV |
Pacific South Vancouver |
| PSW |
Pacific Southwest |
| PSX |
Pacific South Express |
| SAX |
South Asia Express |
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