The following release was published by Hapag-Lloyd:
If you are shipping between Europe and Bangladesh, South and East India, and Sri Lanka, here are a couple of schedule updates for our South East India – Europe Express (IEX) service. These modifications will be in place until August 2022 and are linked to our update from March 2022.
During this period, the port of Le Havre in France will be omitted by the vessels listed below, starting with MV Seaspan Kobe V. 2219E / 2219W and ending with MV XIN Lian Yun Gang V. 2231E / 2231W. The ports of Vizag in India and Piraeus in Greece will have omissions for a shorter period of time, as shown in the table below. Thinking about your cargo planning, please find below the updated sailing schedules, including vessel names, westbound (WB) and eastbound (EB), voyage numbers, and Estimated Time of Departure (ETD) per direction:
Vessel NameEBWBRotterdam (NL)Vizag (IN)Krishna (IN)Piraeus (GR)Seaspan Kobe2219E2219WMay 22OmitJune 26OmitYM Fountain2220E2220WMay 29OmitJuly 3OmitTokyo Bay2221E2221WJune 5OmitJuly 10OmitXin Lian Yun Gang2222E2222WJune 12OmitJuly 17OmitTBN COSCO2223E2223WJune 19OmitJuly 24OmitChennai Express2224E2224WJune 26OmitJuly 31OmitBuxcoast2225E2225WJuly 3OmitAugust 7OmitAl Manamah2226E2226WJuly 10OmitAugust 14OmitAmoliani2227E2227WJuly 17OmitAugust 21OmitSeaspan Kobe2228E2228WJuly 24August 26August 28Sept 23YM Fountain2229E2229WJuly 31Sept 2Sept 4Sept 30Tokyo Bay2230E2230WAugust 7Sept 9Sept 11October 7XIN Lian Yun Gang2231E2231WAugust 14Sept 16Sept 18October 14To assist your cargo planning during this period, you can consider the following options for the ports of Le Havre, Vizag and Piraeus.
Alternatives for Le Havre, France
FromViaToServiceBangladesh,South & East India, Sri LankaDirectAntwerp, BEIEXLe Havre, FRRotterdam, NLBangladesh,South & East India, Sri LankaIEXLe Havre, FRDirectJeddah, SAIO3Alternatives for Vizag, India
FromViaToServiceVisakhapatnam, INColombo, LKNorth Europe & MediterraneanIEXNorth Europe & MediterraneanColombo, LKVisakhapatnam, INIEXAlternatives for Piraeus, Greece
FromViaToServiceBangladesh, South & East India, Sri LankaDamietta, EGMediterraneanIEXSource: Hapag-Lloyd (JK)
Source: Hapag-Lloyd