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Hamburg Süd restructures Trident service
2009/4/1
Hamburg Süd announced that it is restructuring its Trident Service in response to changing market conditions. The changes are designed to bring reduced network costs.
Cargo to and from Europe - Australia/New Zealand will be served
through the well established hub port in Cartagena, with tailor-made transhipment connections to/from three weekly North Europe services.
Apart from the increased frequency and fast transit times, the new concept will enlarge Hamburg Süd''s European port coverage with the following ports: Rotterdam, Tilbury, Hamburg, Antwerp, Le Havre.
The transhipment service has been specifically configured so that
allocations for the Australia/New Zealand-North Europe cargoes are guaranteed and have priority at all times.
The Transatlantic trade will continue to be served by a stand-alone service deploying four vessels. The operation will continue uninterrupted by retaining the ports covered in the Trident Service, enhanced by an additional call in New York.
The rotation will be as follows: Tilbury, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Philadelphia, New York, Savannah, Tilbury.
Midwest Inland destinations will be serviced through either
Philadelphia or New York providing the fastest and most cost
efficient intermodal connections westbound from Europe.
The new service configuration ensures that Hamburg Süd will continue to provide premium service in the Transatlantic market, while reducing capacity in line with the sharp decline in volumes which has been witnessed.
The US East Coast-Australia/New Zealand trade will continue to be covered through an end to end service operated jointly with Maersk Line, employing nine vessels each with a nominal capacity of 2,800 TEUs and a reefer plug capacity of 530 plugs.
Calls in Cartagena will be added southbound and northbound in order to link our extensive network of connecting and dedicated feeder services into the US Gulf, US East Coast, Mexico, Central
America and the Caribbean, and now Europe.
The new port rotation will be as follows: Philadelphia, Savannah, Cartagena, Balboa, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Timaru, Port
Chalmers, Napier, Tauranga, Auckland, Manzanillo, Cartagena, Philadelphia.
These new service configurations will be introduced as from May
onwards.
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2009/4/2