Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others laun
- Author:Josie
- Source:Souair
- Release Date:2020-07-24
Asia is the world’s largest continent, and the world’s nine largest ports are also in Asia. Asia is also the world’s largest trade channel. There are about 33 million TEUs of traffic each year. In fact, it also includes hundreds of trans-Pacific ports. Routes between the Indian subcontinent and Oceania.
During the most severe period of the Asian epidemic from January to April this year, some trade data showed that, in addition to the main deep-sea and ocean-going transactions, the intra-Asia transaction volume was also affected. However, recent data showed that China-ASEAN bilateral trade The amount reached 299 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.6%.
For the first time, Southeast Asia trade has surpassed the EU as China’s largest trading partner, although this may only be temporary, as Europe has gradually resumed operations after the economic blockade.
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
01Mediterranean Shipping
In the context of the continuous strengthening of China-ASEAN trade, MSC, the world's second largest shipping company, recently announced that it will update its internal services in Asia, adding a new service and updating four existing routes.
Starting from the 30th week of July 20, the enhancement of the MSC Asia internal network will provide direct connections for long-distance freight from Greater China and Southeast Asia, and will also cover ports between Indonesia, South China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. .
On July 25, MSC will launch a Southeast Asia route called "Seahorse", connecting Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Jakarta, Yantian, Kaohsiung, Manila, Vung Tau and Laem Chabang.
The container ship MSC Gianna started sailing from Tanjung Pelepas Port.
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
The 4 existing route rotation ports are updated as follows:
New Origami service rotation: Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Vung Tao – Xiamen – Tokyo – Yokohama – Omaezaki – Yokkaichi – Nagoya – Vung Tau – Tanjung Pelepas
Seagull service rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo-Xiamen – Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Vung Tau – Shanghai
Lang Co Express service rotation: Quinhon – Da-Nang – Yantian – Hong Kong – Shekou – Quinhon
Malyndo service rotation: Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Pasir Gudang – Port Kelang – Tanjung Pelepas
The shipping company said: "Currently, customers are increasingly demanding new services for the delivery of goods between major regions in Asia."
MSC commented: "Our updated service is seamlessly linked to Asian countries and the global ocean liner network, as well as our inland and barge services in Asia. According to the agreement of the Japanese government, from August 1 Services in Xiamen will be open."
02 Maersk
In addition to MSC, other major shipping companies in the region have also launched new route services between China and ASEAN and within ASEAN.
In March, Maersk adjusted the two intra-Asia routes served by Sealand Asia and added a new direct call between Indonesia and China; in addition, it launched a new Jade Express service that will connect the Far East, the Indian subcontinent and Pakistan. This new service will start from Colombo Port on September 3, 2020.
The rotation method of Jade Express service is: Colombo-Mundra-Kasim Port-Mundra
With the launch of the new service, the existing Pakistan Express and Pakistan Express 2 services will sail for the last time in August.
03ONE
Shipping company ONE has increased the number of direct flights from China. This month it will provide two new services to Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, through China-Thailand Service (CTS) and the reorganized Thailand-Philippines Service (TP2) ) To further expand the China-Southeast Asia network.
The CTS rotation is as follows:
Shanghai (WGQ) – Ningbo – Xiamen – LaemChabang – Bangkok – Laem Chabang – Hong Kong – Shanghai
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
The rotation of TP2 is as follows:
HCMC (Jilai) – Laem Chabang – Batangas – Manila (North Port) – Nansha – Shekou – Haiphong – HCMC
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
04 CMA CGM
CMA CGM announced this month to reorganize its trans-Pacific network, and APL completely withdrew from trans-Pacific routes. CMA CGM has announced the adjustment of its AS1 service, which currently connects North China and Central China with the Indian subcontinent, and will take effect in August 2020.
The first voyage will begin on August 18, with the 7,455TEU container ship "Baltic Bridge" sailing from Qingdao. The revised port rotation is: Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Singapore-Navaseva-Mundra-Kasim Port-Karachi-Singapore-Qingdao
The upgraded AS1 service will enhance its extensive network connections from Southeast Asia via Singapore to ports in the Indian subcontinent.
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
05 Regional Shipping Company
Regional operators have also improved their services. This month, Thailand’s container shipping company RCL opened a butterfly service route between Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
This week, Wan Hai will launch a new joint service between Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with its partner Interasia Lines.
The TVT (Taiwan-Vietnam-Thailand) route will connect Taiwan with Vietnam and Thailand. The service will deploy a 1,200TEU container ship, and the first voyage will start from Taipei on July 24, 2020.
The ship will perform the following port rotations during the 14-day round trip: Taipei – Taichung – Cat Lai, Ho Chi Minh – Bangkok – Laem Chabang – Taipei
Wan Hai announced the addition of Kaohsiung KVS call service from July 23 to optimize its service scope.
The port rotations served by KVS are: Incheon – Kwangyang – Busan – Ulsan – Taipei – Taichung – Kaohsiung – Cat Lai, Ho Chi Minh – Port Kelang (North Port) – Port Kelang (West Port) – Cat Lai, Ho Chi Minh – Kaohsiung –Taichung – Taipei – Incheon
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
06 Freight
As a traditionally highly competitive market, freight rates in the Asian region have remained stable throughout the epidemic, which is different from the sharp increase in freight rates in deep-sea ocean trade.
Sundara, Cargo Director of Scan Global Logistics Asia Pacific, said: "Some mainstream shipping companies are offering promotional prices on intra-Asia routes, especially on sailings that require repositioning of cabinets."
He added: “In order to cope with the trans-Pacific eastbound and far eastbound trade peaks, intra-Asia trade flows have been restricted to provide priority flows for these major east-west trades.”
"They are shipping the return empty containers to the Far East to ensure that the empty containers can be quickly released for export. However, we expect the carrier to increase its efforts to promote intra-Asian transactions sometime at the end of the third quarter, although we still It is possible to ensure the freight, including FAK and designated account fees, before the end of September."
Sundara also explained that operators including Hapag-Lloyd, CNC, and Sealand are increasing online spot freight rates.
During the most severe period of the Asian epidemic from January to April this year, some trade data showed that, in addition to the main deep-sea and ocean-going transactions, the intra-Asia transaction volume was also affected. However, recent data showed that China-ASEAN bilateral trade The amount reached 299 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.6%.
For the first time, Southeast Asia trade has surpassed the EU as China’s largest trading partner, although this may only be temporary, as Europe has gradually resumed operations after the economic blockade.
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
01Mediterranean Shipping
In the context of the continuous strengthening of China-ASEAN trade, MSC, the world's second largest shipping company, recently announced that it will update its internal services in Asia, adding a new service and updating four existing routes.
Starting from the 30th week of July 20, the enhancement of the MSC Asia internal network will provide direct connections for long-distance freight from Greater China and Southeast Asia, and will also cover ports between Indonesia, South China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. .
On July 25, MSC will launch a Southeast Asia route called "Seahorse", connecting Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Jakarta, Yantian, Kaohsiung, Manila, Vung Tau and Laem Chabang.
The container ship MSC Gianna started sailing from Tanjung Pelepas Port.
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
The 4 existing route rotation ports are updated as follows:
New Origami service rotation: Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Vung Tao – Xiamen – Tokyo – Yokohama – Omaezaki – Yokkaichi – Nagoya – Vung Tau – Tanjung Pelepas
Seagull service rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo-Xiamen – Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Vung Tau – Shanghai
Lang Co Express service rotation: Quinhon – Da-Nang – Yantian – Hong Kong – Shekou – Quinhon
Malyndo service rotation: Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Pasir Gudang – Port Kelang – Tanjung Pelepas
The shipping company said: "Currently, customers are increasingly demanding new services for the delivery of goods between major regions in Asia."
MSC commented: "Our updated service is seamlessly linked to Asian countries and the global ocean liner network, as well as our inland and barge services in Asia. According to the agreement of the Japanese government, from August 1 Services in Xiamen will be open."
02 Maersk
In addition to MSC, other major shipping companies in the region have also launched new route services between China and ASEAN and within ASEAN.
In March, Maersk adjusted the two intra-Asia routes served by Sealand Asia and added a new direct call between Indonesia and China; in addition, it launched a new Jade Express service that will connect the Far East, the Indian subcontinent and Pakistan. This new service will start from Colombo Port on September 3, 2020.
The rotation method of Jade Express service is: Colombo-Mundra-Kasim Port-Mundra
With the launch of the new service, the existing Pakistan Express and Pakistan Express 2 services will sail for the last time in August.
03ONE
Shipping company ONE has increased the number of direct flights from China. This month it will provide two new services to Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, through China-Thailand Service (CTS) and the reorganized Thailand-Philippines Service (TP2) ) To further expand the China-Southeast Asia network.
The CTS rotation is as follows:
Shanghai (WGQ) – Ningbo – Xiamen – LaemChabang – Bangkok – Laem Chabang – Hong Kong – Shanghai
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
The rotation of TP2 is as follows:
HCMC (Jilai) – Laem Chabang – Batangas – Manila (North Port) – Nansha – Shekou – Haiphong – HCMC
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
04 CMA CGM
CMA CGM announced this month to reorganize its trans-Pacific network, and APL completely withdrew from trans-Pacific routes. CMA CGM has announced the adjustment of its AS1 service, which currently connects North China and Central China with the Indian subcontinent, and will take effect in August 2020.
The first voyage will begin on August 18, with the 7,455TEU container ship "Baltic Bridge" sailing from Qingdao. The revised port rotation is: Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Singapore-Navaseva-Mundra-Kasim Port-Karachi-Singapore-Qingdao
The upgraded AS1 service will enhance its extensive network connections from Southeast Asia via Singapore to ports in the Indian subcontinent.
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
05 Regional Shipping Company
Regional operators have also improved their services. This month, Thailand’s container shipping company RCL opened a butterfly service route between Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
This week, Wan Hai will launch a new joint service between Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with its partner Interasia Lines.
The TVT (Taiwan-Vietnam-Thailand) route will connect Taiwan with Vietnam and Thailand. The service will deploy a 1,200TEU container ship, and the first voyage will start from Taipei on July 24, 2020.
The ship will perform the following port rotations during the 14-day round trip: Taipei – Taichung – Cat Lai, Ho Chi Minh – Bangkok – Laem Chabang – Taipei
Wan Hai announced the addition of Kaohsiung KVS call service from July 23 to optimize its service scope.
The port rotations served by KVS are: Incheon – Kwangyang – Busan – Ulsan – Taipei – Taichung – Kaohsiung – Cat Lai, Ho Chi Minh – Port Kelang (North Port) – Port Kelang (West Port) – Cat Lai, Ho Chi Minh – Kaohsiung –Taichung – Taipei – Incheon
Intra-Asia trade is developing strongly, shipping companies such as 2M, CMA CGM, ONE and others launch more new Asian internal services
06 Freight
As a traditionally highly competitive market, freight rates in the Asian region have remained stable throughout the epidemic, which is different from the sharp increase in freight rates in deep-sea ocean trade.
Sundara, Cargo Director of Scan Global Logistics Asia Pacific, said: "Some mainstream shipping companies are offering promotional prices on intra-Asia routes, especially on sailings that require repositioning of cabinets."
He added: “In order to cope with the trans-Pacific eastbound and far eastbound trade peaks, intra-Asia trade flows have been restricted to provide priority flows for these major east-west trades.”
"They are shipping the return empty containers to the Far East to ensure that the empty containers can be quickly released for export. However, we expect the carrier to increase its efforts to promote intra-Asian transactions sometime at the end of the third quarter, although we still It is possible to ensure the freight, including FAK and designated account fees, before the end of September."
Sundara also explained that operators including Hapag-Lloyd, CNC, and Sealand are increasing online spot freight rates.