MSC CAP/KIWI Service Suspended until further notice | Major Service Change Update
Dear Valued Customer,
MSC has announced that they are making considerable changes to their Asia to Oceania services.
Over the past several weeks MSC has been suppressing the number of bookings taken on their South East Asia services: Kiwi Express and Capricorn. At the end of last week, they have announced that both services will be suspended with last sailing on each to be 20th August 2024.
At this stage MSC have not announced any plans to substitute these with another South East service, however it is likely that they will route South East Asia cargo via Hong Kong, at least in the interim.
Additionally, MSC have announced a reinstatement of the Wallaby service, with extended port coverage which will also be calling New Zealand. This will be their own standalone service, with no slot sharing arrangements with other carriers.
MSC is claiming their reestablished Wallaby service will not inject new capacity into the market, as they will use it to cover the reduced capacity on the Panda as well as possibly for routing SEA cargo.
Half of the vessels from Kiwi and Capricorn will be deployed into the Wallaby service and the other half will be deployed on other major trade routes where freight rates are considerably higher than those into Oceania.
SERVICE OVERVIEW
PANDA
Currently operating with 7 vessels in total, 4 of which belong to MSC, average vessel capacity on this service has been reduced as MSC have swapped their 5,000 TEU vessel to the average of 3,500 TEU vessels.
ZIM will remain a partner on this service with the remaining 3 vessels with capacity between 4,000 to 5,500 TEU per vessel.
Current rotation:
BUSAN – QINGDAO – SHANGHAI – NINGBO – NANSHA – HONG KONG – YANTIAN – BRISBANE – MELBOURNE – SYDNEY
