UASC introduces its new Asia - Europe Network
UASC introduces its new Asia – Europe Network with three new services (AEC1, AEC3, AEC4), and two enhanced services (AEC8, AEC9). These services will broaden UASC’s market coverage providing direct services to additional Asian and North European ports whereby UASC will provide more efficient and high quality services to its existing and new customers, the company said in its press release.
This new setup is developed through a Vessel Sharing Agreement with China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and slot exchange arrangements with Hanjin Shipping and Evergreen Marine Corp.
The port rotations are as follows:
AEC1 (New service, vessels deployed: 10 x 8,500 – 9,500) starting 28th April, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: Xin Los Angeles - 0103W) : Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Port Kelang, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Port Kelang, Nansha, Qingdao
AEC3 (New service, vessels deployed: 10 x 14,000) starting 17th April, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: Thalassa Pistis - 0002W) : Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Tanjung Pelepas, Piraeus, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Piraeus, Tanjung Pelepas, Kaohsiung, Shanghai
AEC4 (New service, vessels deployed: 10 x 8,000 – 10,000) starting 15th April, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: YM Uniformity - 009W): Xiamen, Nansha, Hong Kong, Yantian, Singapore, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Xiamen
AEC8 (Enhanced service, vessels deployed: 11 x 13,500 – 14,000) starting 8th May, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: CSCL Mercury - 0029W) : Ningbo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Yantian, Port Kelang, Port Said East, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Le Havre, Jeddah, Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Port Kelang, Shekou, Ningbo
AEC9 (Enhanced service, vessels deployed: 11 x 13,000) starting 20th April, 2014 (First effective vessel and voyage: Hanjin United Kingdom - 0014W): Qingdao, Kwangyang, Pusan, Shanghai, Yantian, Singapore, Algeciras, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Algeciras, Singapore, Yantian, Qingdao.
