There will be two strings, one taking advantage of the scale benefits of a Suez Canal crossing, the other utilising the Panama Canal. The first string (TP3) will be a pendulum between the Far East, the Pacific Northwest and the US east coast. It will serve an eastbound port rotation of Shanghai, Hong Kong, Yantian, Singapore, Newark, Norfolk, with westbound calls at Singapore, Hong Kong, Yantian, and Shanghai via the Suez Canal.
The second segment service will consist of a “revised TP9,” which will provide access to inland markets in North America through Seattle and Vancouver (BC) and to multiple Asian markets with calls at Singapore, Hong Kong, Yantian, Shanghai and Busan.
These services will include 13 vessels of 6,400 teu capacity. Seven will be operated by Maersk Line and six by CMA-CGM. TP3 will commence on May 14, 2009 with a sailing from Asia.
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