Congestion Forces Hapag-Lloyd Skip Rotterdam Port

September 8, 2014

 

Forced by the on-going congestion at Rotterdam Port, Hapag-Lloyd has had to make temporary changes in ships calling at that port.

The company has informed that due to temporary congestion, the undermentioned three voyages of the Europe - Asia Loop 4 service will also call Antwerp instead of Rotterdam, in addition to the voyages announced in our CustomerInfo dated July 31,

2014 and in our CustomerInfo dated August 8, 2014:

Basle Express, voyage 009W34 / 009E39

Eta Antwerp September 30, 2014
Ets Antwerp October 2, 2014
Hamburg Express, voyage 011W35 / 011E40

Eta Antwerp October 7, 2014
Ets Antwerp October 9, 2014
NYK Hermes, voyage 006W36 / 006E41

Eta Antwerp October 14, 2014
Ets Antwerp October 16, 2014
The terminal details for these port calls are as follows:

PSA Antwerp Deurganck Terminal
Quay 1742
Sint-Antoniusweg
9130 Doel
Customers were Informed on July 8, 2014 that Hapag-Lloyd will move the Port Said East call from Loop 4 to Loop 7.

Port rotation for the above voyages with the exception of the Antwerp call will remain unchanged:

Ningbo • Shanghai • Yantian • Singapore • Le Havre • Southampton • Hamburg • Antwerp • Jeddah • Singapore • Yantian • Ningbo

The Rotterdam situation will be reviewed regularly and if necessary, we will advise on further Antwerp calls for consecutive voyages.

Europe - Asia Loop 4 - Temporary port call move from Rotterdam to Antwerp for further three voyages.

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