Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced that it will postpone the start of East Coast 4 (EC4) service until the Red Sea situation further stabilises (scheduled initially to restart Week 16).
To preserve the continuity and reliability of its services, ONE stated that the vessels will be reassigned to its other East Coast services to maintain stability.
Furthermore, ONE announced that it will add the following ports of call to other East Coast services to provide enough port coverage while the EC4 service is halted.
According to ONE, these ports are the following:
East Coast 1 (EC1), with Xiamen additional call: Kaohsiung – Xiamen (added) – Yantian –Shanghai (Yangshan) – Ningbo – Pusan – (Panama) – Manzanillo (PA) – New York – Norfolk – Charleston – Savannah – Manzanillo (PA) – (Panama) – Rodman – Kaohsiung
From mv.ROME Express 0016E, with the estimated time of berthing (ETB) to be on 18 April at Kaohsiung.
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East Coast 2 (EC2), with Yantian additional call: Qingdao – Yantian (added) – Ningbo – Shanghai (Yangshan) – Pusan – Manzanillo (MX) – (Panama) – Cartagena – Savannah – Charleston – Wilmington – Norfolk – Cartagena – (Panama) – Pusan – Qingdao
From mv.UNAYAH Express 0032E, with the ETB to be on 15 April at Qingdao.
East Coast 5 (EC5), with Charleston and New York (W/B) additional call: Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – (CoGH) – Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Jacksonville – Charleston (added) – New York (added) – Halifax – (CoGH) – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Laem Chabang
In March, Maersk announced its decision to persist with rerouting its containerships via the Cape of Good Hope, citing the persistent threat of Houthi attacks.
