G6 Alliance sticks with five loops for Asia-north Europe in 2013

THE G6 Alliance has announced it will maintain the current five-loop product structure for its Asia-North Europe service in 2013.

"We anticipate the current supply and demand balance will continue and we will not be reinstating the Loop 3 Asia-Europe service," members of the Alliance said in a joint statement adding that Loop 3 was suspended in October.

The G6 Alliance will continue offering a variety of services between the Far East and Europe covering all major port pairs with weekly sailings.

Adjustments have also been made to other G6 services to accommodate port calls from Loop 3 to ensure customers have the full network. For example, the alliance had in October started a feeder shuttle between German ports and Gothenburg. A new call at Jeddah has also been included in the Loop 4 service, as with a new call at Hong Kong in the Loop 7.

The G6 includes APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, NYK and OOCL.