An abundance of new service launches will help employ container ship newbuildings and give a further boost to the charter market in April.
Alphaliner informed that over the next six weeks more than 60 vessels with a total capacity of 360,000 TEU will be needed to populate the new loops.
The most significant additions will be on the Far East – West Coast South America and Far East – Caribbean routes, where next month’s complete revamp of the existing carrier partnerships will see the launch of eleven new strings that will replace the current service pattern on nine weekly loops.
A total of 115 ships with a combined capacity of 965,000 TEU will be deployed on the route from April, compared to a fleet of 95 ships, or 780,000 TEU, used today.
The 20 additional ships to be deployed on the Far East – WCSA and Far East – Caribbean routes will comprise 6,000 – 13,000 TEU units, with an average capacity of 9,000 TEU.
The 24% increase in the overall capacity on the trade will include additional capacity to Mexico as well as the Caribbean, with a new Maersk – Hamburg Süd service dedicated to Mexico, as well as another new service that will connect the Far East to the Caribbean via a wayport call at Buenaventura, Alphaliner said.
However, Maersk’s overall share on this trade will be eroded as all of its main competitors will be adding new capacity on the route. Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and ONE are forming a new VSA partnership together with HMM, while CMA CGM, COSCO and Evergreen have established a separate VSA with Wan Hai, PIL and Yang Ming.
大量新服務的推出將有助於造新船，並在4月份進一步推動租船市場。
Alphaliner獲悉，在接下來的六週內，將需要60艘以上的總容量為360,000 TEU的船舶組成新的航線。
最重要的增加是遠東 - 南美洲西海岸和遠東 - 加勒比航線，下個月對現有運營商合作夥伴關係的全面革新將發起11個新的系列，以每週9次的方式取代目前的服務模式。
對比目前使用的95艘船舶或780,000TEU的船隊, 從今年4月份起，共有115艘總容量為965,000TEU的船舶將部署在該航線上，。
將在遠東部署的另外20艘船 - WCSA和遠東 - 加勒比海航線將包括6,000 - 13,000個TEU，平均容量為9,000 TEU。
Alphaliner說，通過中轉港Buenaventura, 貿易總量增加24％將包括額外墨西哥和加勒比地區，並致力於墨西哥新的Maersk - HamburgSüd服務，以及另一項新服務將連接遠東和加勒比地區.
然而，由於馬士基的所有主要競爭對手都將在該路線上增加新的革新，因此馬士基在這波改動貿易總額將受到影響。Hapag，MSC和ONE正與HMM形成新的VSA合作夥伴關係，而CMA CGM，COSCO和Evergreen已與萬海，太平船務和陽明建立了另外的VSA關係。
Imformation Source: World Maritime News , Image Courtesy: Maersk Line
