WAN HAI TO TAKE TRANSPACIFIC SLOTS FROM MAERSK SEALAND
Taiwanese ocean carrier Wan Hai Lines is planning to take slots on vessels of Maersk Sealand in the transpacific container trade.
Subject to approval by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, Wan Hai will charter space from Maersk Sealand between the ports of Yantian, Hong Kong and Kaohsiung, on the one hand, and the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland, on other hand.
It is not known whether the slot-charter agreement would replace or complement Wan Hai’s existing transpacific service using its own ships.
Wan Hai is among the transpacific carriers who declared force majeure after the lockout of terminals on the US West Coast severely disrupted their West Coast operations.