By Mark Edward Nero
Global shipping companies Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) each issued word on Sept. 7 that they’ll launch new weekly transpacific trade services soon in attempts to partially fill the void left by the recent collapse of Hanjin Shipping.
Maersk Line’s new TP1 service, which will complement existing Transpacific sailings, is scheduled to launch Sept. 15.
The service will call at Yantian, China; Shanghai, China; Busan, South Korea; and Los Angeles/Long Beach. It will have six vessels with a capacity of 4,000 TEU per week deployed.
“We are responding to increased demand in the Transpacific,” Klaus Rud Sejling, head of Maersk Line’s East-West Network, said. “With supply chains disrupted, many customers are approaching us for transport solutions for their cargo.”
MSC’s new service, like that of Maersk, launches Sept. 15 and is designed to assist shippers, following Hanjin’s announcement that it was entering into receivership.
MSC’s additional sailing, which the company is calling MAPLE, is to be made up of six vessels of 5,000 TEU capacity each.
In order to cover the anticipated high initial demand, the first two sailings will call Yantian, China; Shanghai, China; Busan, South Korea; and Long Beach, California.
After that, the calls are scheduled to take place at the ports in Busan; Shanghai; Yantian; and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Hanjin, the world’s seventh largest container carrier, filed a receivership application with the Seoul, South Korea Central District Court on Aug. 31 seeking court receivership after losing the support of financial institutions that had been providing it credit.
The company also stopped accepting new shipments in the wake of the filing, including at the Port of Long Beach’s Total Terminals Intl., in which it owns a majority stake.
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
POLB Issues Environmental Awards
By Mark Edward Nero
Shipping lines, environmental organizations, trucking companies, terminal operators and a railroad were honored July 29 by the Port of Long Beach during the port’s annual Environmental Achievement Awards. The awards are an outgrowth of the port’s Green Port Policy, a series of environmental initiatives.
During the event, Long Beach Mayor Garcia introduced the “Mayor’s Green Port Award,” which was presented to terminal operator Long Beach Container Terminal for its commitment to working with the port to implement clean technologies and to create the world’s most advanced container shipping terminal.
The port also gave out seven “Environmental Excellence” honors to companies and groups for going above and beyond the past decade in helping the port achieve its ambitious environmental goals. The awardees are:
• Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC), for its performance in the port’s Green Flag Vessel Speed Reduction Program, which since 2005 has asked vessel operators to slow down to 12 knots near the port in order to reduce air pollution.
• Tesoro for top performance in the port’s Green Ship Program, which since 2012 has encouraged shipping lines to dispatch their cleanest ships to Long Beach.
• An environmental coalition including the Natural Resources Defense Council, Coalition for Clean Air, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice and Communities for Clean Ports/EndOil, for highlighting environmental issues and “bringing about meaningful change.”
• The SSAT/Matson terminal for its consistently high performance in the port’s stormwater runoff control program, which seeks to improve and safeguard water and sediment quality in the harbor.
• Ability Tri-Modal trucking company for leadership in the port’s Clean Trucks Program, which has slashed diesel pollution from trucks by 90 percent since 2008.
• Trucking company Total Transportation Services, also for leadership in the Clean Trucks Program and in technology advancement.
• Pacific Harbor Line, the port’s short line railroad, for its pursuit of cleaner locomotives to move freight in the harbor complex.
In addition, nine vessel operators overall were honored at the event as top performers in the port’s Green Flag Vessel Speed Reduction Program.
Winners who slowed down within 20 nautical miles were: Carnival Cruise Lines, CMA CGM, Hanjin Shipping Co., Matson, Inc. and Alaska Tanker Co. Alaska Tanker received special honors for 100 percent compliance from 20 miles since 2006.
In the 40-nautical-mile category, the winners were COSCO, “K” Line, MOL and Mediterranean Shipping Co. Also, over 150 vessel operators earned the Green Flag for their participation in the program in 2014.
Shipping lines, environmental organizations, trucking companies, terminal operators and a railroad were honored July 29 by the Port of Long Beach during the port’s annual Environmental Achievement Awards. The awards are an outgrowth of the port’s Green Port Policy, a series of environmental initiatives.
During the event, Long Beach Mayor Garcia introduced the “Mayor’s Green Port Award,” which was presented to terminal operator Long Beach Container Terminal for its commitment to working with the port to implement clean technologies and to create the world’s most advanced container shipping terminal.
The port also gave out seven “Environmental Excellence” honors to companies and groups for going above and beyond the past decade in helping the port achieve its ambitious environmental goals. The awardees are:
• Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC), for its performance in the port’s Green Flag Vessel Speed Reduction Program, which since 2005 has asked vessel operators to slow down to 12 knots near the port in order to reduce air pollution.
• Tesoro for top performance in the port’s Green Ship Program, which since 2012 has encouraged shipping lines to dispatch their cleanest ships to Long Beach.
• An environmental coalition including the Natural Resources Defense Council, Coalition for Clean Air, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice and Communities for Clean Ports/EndOil, for highlighting environmental issues and “bringing about meaningful change.”
• The SSAT/Matson terminal for its consistently high performance in the port’s stormwater runoff control program, which seeks to improve and safeguard water and sediment quality in the harbor.
• Ability Tri-Modal trucking company for leadership in the port’s Clean Trucks Program, which has slashed diesel pollution from trucks by 90 percent since 2008.
• Trucking company Total Transportation Services, also for leadership in the Clean Trucks Program and in technology advancement.
• Pacific Harbor Line, the port’s short line railroad, for its pursuit of cleaner locomotives to move freight in the harbor complex.
In addition, nine vessel operators overall were honored at the event as top performers in the port’s Green Flag Vessel Speed Reduction Program.
Winners who slowed down within 20 nautical miles were: Carnival Cruise Lines, CMA CGM, Hanjin Shipping Co., Matson, Inc. and Alaska Tanker Co. Alaska Tanker received special honors for 100 percent compliance from 20 miles since 2006.
In the 40-nautical-mile category, the winners were COSCO, “K” Line, MOL and Mediterranean Shipping Co. Also, over 150 vessel operators earned the Green Flag for their participation in the program in 2014.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Maersk, MSC Sign Vessel Sharing Pact
By Mark Edward Nero
Two of the three companies involved in the failed P3 Alliance of shippers are having another go at it. Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) announced July 10 that they’ve signed a 10-year Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) on Asia-Europe, Transatlantic and Transpacific trades.
The VSA, which the companies have dubbed 2M, replaces all their existing VSAs and slot purchase agreements. The 2M sharing agreement differs from the previously proposed P3 Alliance in two major ways: first, the combined market share is much smaller. Also, the cooperation is purely a vessel sharing agreement; there is no jointly-owned independent entity with executional powers.
Maersk and MSC say the agreement includes 185 vessels with an estimated capacity of 2.1 million TEU. Maersk Line is to contribute 110 vessels with a nominal capacity of about 1.2 million TEUs, or 55 percent of total capacity. MSC contributes 75 vessels with a nominal capacity of almost a million TEUs, or 45 percent of total capacity.
The shipping lines say that with the agreement in place, they’ll be able to provide their customers with more stable and frequent services and cover more ports with direct services as well as improve the efficiency of the companies’ networks through better utilization of vessel capacity and economies of scale.
“The 2M Vessel Sharing Agreement will enable us to achieve significant reductions in fuel consumption, driving down the carbon footprint of our shipping operations,” MSC Vice President Diego Aponte said. “This vessel sharing agreement will mean major cuts in emissions while simultaneously enhancing our service to customers.”
“I am very pleased with our agreement,” Maersk Line CEO Søren Skou said. “We share the same ambition to have as efficient and effective operations as possible.”
The new alliance is a reaction to the rejection last month of plans by Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM to form a coalition. The P3 Alliance was announced in June 2013 as a long-term operational vessel sharing agreement on routes covering Asia to Europe as well as transpacific and transatlantic routes to the United States.
But although it received approvals from US and European officials earlier this year, the Chinese Ministry announced its disapproval June 17 after an anti-monopoly investigation.
Two of the three companies involved in the failed P3 Alliance of shippers are having another go at it. Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) announced July 10 that they’ve signed a 10-year Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) on Asia-Europe, Transatlantic and Transpacific trades.
The VSA, which the companies have dubbed 2M, replaces all their existing VSAs and slot purchase agreements. The 2M sharing agreement differs from the previously proposed P3 Alliance in two major ways: first, the combined market share is much smaller. Also, the cooperation is purely a vessel sharing agreement; there is no jointly-owned independent entity with executional powers.
Maersk and MSC say the agreement includes 185 vessels with an estimated capacity of 2.1 million TEU. Maersk Line is to contribute 110 vessels with a nominal capacity of about 1.2 million TEUs, or 55 percent of total capacity. MSC contributes 75 vessels with a nominal capacity of almost a million TEUs, or 45 percent of total capacity.
The shipping lines say that with the agreement in place, they’ll be able to provide their customers with more stable and frequent services and cover more ports with direct services as well as improve the efficiency of the companies’ networks through better utilization of vessel capacity and economies of scale.
“The 2M Vessel Sharing Agreement will enable us to achieve significant reductions in fuel consumption, driving down the carbon footprint of our shipping operations,” MSC Vice President Diego Aponte said. “This vessel sharing agreement will mean major cuts in emissions while simultaneously enhancing our service to customers.”
“I am very pleased with our agreement,” Maersk Line CEO Søren Skou said. “We share the same ambition to have as efficient and effective operations as possible.”
The new alliance is a reaction to the rejection last month of plans by Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM to form a coalition. The P3 Alliance was announced in June 2013 as a long-term operational vessel sharing agreement on routes covering Asia to Europe as well as transpacific and transatlantic routes to the United States.
But although it received approvals from US and European officials earlier this year, the Chinese Ministry announced its disapproval June 17 after an anti-monopoly investigation.
