TABLE 1
FROM:
The Time Factor in Liner Shipping Services
Theo E Notteboom
BACK TO ARTICLETable 1. Selected loops on the East Asia Europe route (January 2005)
| Name and operator loop | No. of vessels | Capacity vessels | No of port calls | Asian port of call | European port of call |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Alliance – Loop A | 8 | 6,000 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Grand Alliance – Loop B | 8 | 6,800 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Grand Alliance – Loop C | 7 | 5,800 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Grand Alliance – Loop D | 8 | 7,500–8,100 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Grand Alliance – Loop G | 9 | 5,500 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| New World Alliance – Asia Europe Express | 8 | 5,500 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| New World Alliance – Japan Europe Express | 8 | 6,100–6,400 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| New World Alliance – China Europe Express | 8 | 5,500–5,900 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| New World Alliance – South China Europe Express | 7 | 3,800–5,000 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| MSC – Silk Express | 10 | 6,750 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| MSC – Lion Service | 10 | 5,050 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| Evergreen – CEM Service | 8 | 5,364–5,652 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| CMA-CGM – FAL Service | 8 | 6,750–8,250 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| CMA-CGM – North China Express | 8 | 5,700 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| CMA-CGM – Sunda Express | 7 | 3,000 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| CKHYS alliance – China Europe Service | 8 | 5,500 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| COSCO – CEU2 service | 8 | 5,500 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| CKHYS alliance – China Europe Express Service | 8 | 5,400–5,700 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| CKHYS alliance – Japan Express Service | 8 | 5,500 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Maersk Sealand – AE1 | 8 | 6,600 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Maersk Sealand – AE2 | 9 | 6,000–6,600 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| Maersk Sealand – AE7 | 8 | 6,000 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| China Shipping AEX1 | 8 | 5,668–8,468 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| China Shipping AEX2 | 8 | 5,668 | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| Average | 8.1 | 5,658 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| Stdev | 0.7 | 894 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
Source: Carrier data
