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Yang Ming halts EDI as THE Alliance gears up
TAIWAN ocean carrier Yang Ming Marine Transport has suspended its electronic data interchange (EDI) scheduling facilities, it announced in a notice to trade.
EDI is commonly used in shipping to communicate between carriers and customers, but the shutdown is not expected to affect operations or booked cargo, reports American Shipper.
The carrier is in the midst of co-ordinating it affairs with fellow vessel sharing agreement members in the THE Alliance, which include Hapag-Lloyd, MOL, NYK and "K" Line.
"As you know we'll be a member of THE Alliance effective from this April, and our service network will be changed at the same time," Yang Ming said.
"Current services with sailing schedules will be valid through March only, the new services are still under discussion. As a result, we'll suspend EDI of schedules till a new service structure is finalised."
When the carriers unveiled their planned service network in November, port rotations were incomplete, listing calls like "North Europe hub" or "Southeast Asia hub" appeared instead of actual names of terminals.
THE Alliance members at the time said the combined network would include 31 loops, deploying 240 ships calling at 75 ports.
EDI is commonly used in shipping to communicate between carriers and customers, but the shutdown is not expected to affect operations or booked cargo, reports American Shipper.
The carrier is in the midst of co-ordinating it affairs with fellow vessel sharing agreement members in the THE Alliance, which include Hapag-Lloyd, MOL, NYK and "K" Line.
"As you know we'll be a member of THE Alliance effective from this April, and our service network will be changed at the same time," Yang Ming said.
"Current services with sailing schedules will be valid through March only, the new services are still under discussion. As a result, we'll suspend EDI of schedules till a new service structure is finalised."
When the carriers unveiled their planned service network in November, port rotations were incomplete, listing calls like "North Europe hub" or "Southeast Asia hub" appeared instead of actual names of terminals.
THE Alliance members at the time said the combined network would include 31 loops, deploying 240 ships calling at 75 ports.
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