News / Hapag-Lloyd culls China-Germany service amid tonnage supply concerns

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Hapag-Lloyd is to withdraw its China-Germany express service (CGX) in February, as the German mainline operator allays concerns that the new Gemini Cooperation has enough vessels to commence operations.

Gemini, an alliance between Maersk Line and Hapag-Lloyd, began taking bookings for all its services last Tuesday, The network covers seven trades and offers up to 59 services, including mainliner and shuttle services.

The end of the CGX was revealed by consultancy Linerlytica, which added that cancelling the service would free-up its ten ...