MOL Adds Call at Shenzhen

MOL recently announced plans to add a call at Da Chan Bay in Shenzhen on its Japan-Hong Kong-Straits Service (CHS1) in August.

The new weekly service will utilize 3,500 TEU vessels and will enable MOL to offer direct service from Shenzhen to Japan.

MOL will be the first shipping company to offer direct Shenzhen-Japan service through Da Chan Bay terminal.

Port Rotation:
Tokyo (Mon-Tue) – Yokohama (Tue-Tue) – Nagoya (Wed-Wed) – Kobe (Thu-Thu) – Hong Kong (Sun-Mon) – Singapore (Thu-Fri) – Port Kelang (Fri-Sat) – Singapore (Sun-Mon) –
Da Chan Bay (Thu-Thu) – Hong Kong (Thu-Fri) – Tokyo

ATA Reports Sharp Decline in Air Cargo

The Airport Transportation of America (ATA) reports a sharp decline in international air cargo with volumes decreasing 20 percent in May compared to the same month in 2008. The report measures the decrease in revenue ton miles and is the 10th straight month of declining air cargo volumes.

According to the article, airline passenger volumes didn’t fare very well either.

The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today reported that passenger revenue[1] fell 26 percent in June 2009 versus the same month in 2008 – the eighth consecutive month in which passenger revenue has fallen from the prior year.

Hapag-Lloyd and OOCL to cooperate with MSC on North Atlantic service

SLCS (St. Lawrence Co-ordinated Services) members, OOCL and Hapag-Lloyd, announced they will rationalize their jointly-operated SLCS1 North Atlantic service/ GEX1 with the Canadian Gateway service of Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), known as the Montreal Express 1.

SLCS (St. Lawrence Co-ordinated Services) members, OOCL and Hapag-Lloyd, announced they will rationalize their jointly-operated SLCS1 North Atlantic service/ GEX1 with the Canadian Gateway service of Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), known as the Montreal Express 1.

The first sailing of the new service, which has the objective of providing better overall port coverage for our customers, will be the OOCL Belgium ETD Antwerp on July 30, 2009.

The partners will deploy 4 vessels: OOCL Belgium (2,800 TEUs), Hapag-Lloyd’s Mississauga Express (2,800 TEUs), MSC Suez and MSC Jordan (both 3,000 TEUS).
Port rotation will be Montreal, Liverpool, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Liverpool and Montreal.

Source – Hapag-Lloyd Press Release

Cargo Free Fall

I just did a quick scan of logistics related headlines and a common theme is the drop in cargo volumes many companies and ports are reporting. Here are a few of the headlines:

Kuehne & Nagel CEO: Doesn’t See Cargo Mkt Recovery

Air France-KLM Jun Passenger Traffic -6.4%;Cargo Traffic -0.4%

Port of Portland numbers continue to drop

Shipper NOL moves 14 pct less cargo in 4 wks to June 26

Jaxport Cargo Drops in June

Air France-KLM posts 41.5pc Q2 cargo drop

AA Cargo Drops 42 Percent

Ugly. Anyone else ready for a recovery?

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