Wan Hai Lines adjusts transpacific service

May 07 2014 Print This Article
WHL and KLINE have just concluded an agreement to jointly operate a Transpacific service to the U. S. Pacific South West (Calco-C). The Calco-C service is expected to commence on May 11th with six vessels of 5,300 TEU capacity, two by WHL and three by KLINE. The 6th vessel shall be shared between KLINE and WHL.

Together with this new joint service, WHL will enter into a cross-charter arrangement with KLINE's Calco-B service as well as COSCON's CEN service, hence providing customers with more comprehensive service coverage. Based on this service program, WHL will continue to provide customers with 3 dedicated service strings from South, Central and Northern part of China to North America ports of Long Beach and Oakland.

Calco-C (South China " Pacific South West Express) Service
Port Rotation: Hong Kong / Yantian / Xiamen / Long Beach / Hong Kong

Calco-B (Central China " Pacific South West Express) Service
Port Rotation: Shanghai / Ningbo / Long Beach / Oakland / Yokohama / Ningbo / Shanghai

CEN (North China " Pacific South West Express) Service
Port Rotation: Xinggang / Qingdao / Shanghai (Yanshan) / Prince Rupert / Long Beach / Oakland / Xinggang