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The first sailing of the new consolidated TP1/Maple service will be on October 28 and will begin from the port of Xiamen with the following rotation: Xiamen (China), Yantian (China), Ningbo (China), Shanghai (China), Busan (South Korea), Yokohama (Japan), Vancouver (Canada), Prince Rupert (Canada), Yokohama, Busan.

"This change will remove the current waiting times in Vancouver and allow us to offer stable weekly departures from Asia, improved environmental efficiency and competitive transit times," pointed out the two partners.

Meanwhile, 2M Alliance has also decided to suspend its TP7/Lotus service, while Maersk has announced updates in its TPX service.

The 4,500 TEU container ship Maersk Baltimore will be deployed on the first sailing of the new consolidated standalone TPX service with an estimated time of arrival (ETA) at Haiphong port on October 23.

The new rotation of TPX service will be Haiphong (Vietnam), Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Seattle (US), Los Angeles (US), Yokohama, Xiamen.

"Due to the irregular departures of previous TP1, TP9 and TP7 services, the above changes will cause minimal change to our overall offered capacity," commented Maersk.

MSC noted that Seattle and US inland destinations offered through Seattle will continue to be served by its Chinook service.