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Shipping Lines Rush to Deploy Capacity as U.S. Demand Explodes

With Chinese exporters racing to ship goods before the 90-day tariff suspension ends, carriers are launching new routes, reviving dormant services, and dispatching extra loaders to capture booming demand.

New Players Jump In

• KMTC (traditionally focused on Southeast Asia/Middle East) announced its new APX service to the U.S. West Coast, launching June 18¡ªjust 4 days after tariff cuts.

ZIM Brings Back Shelved Service

• ZIM¡¯s fast-reacting ZX2 express route (paused in April) resumes this week:

• Xiamen: May 23

• Shanghai: May 27

• Ningbo: May 29

• Additional Yantian loader sails May 22.

Alliance Goes All-In: New PS5 Route + Upgrades

The Premier Alliance (ONE, HMM, Yang Ming) unveiled major upgrades:

• New PS5 Route:

• Port rotation: Qingdao ¡ú Ningbo ¡ú Long Beach ¡ú Oakland ¡ú Kobe ¡ú Qingdao

• First sail: June 5 (YM Mobility).

• PS4 & PS6 Upgrades:

• PS4 drops Ningbo (now covered by PS5), focuses on Xiamen/Yantian/LA/Oakland.

• PS6 drops Qingdao, adds Busan/Kwangyang for Korean cargo.

Quiet Moves: Hapag-Lloyd & Wan Hai Add Loaders

• Wan Hai: Redirected CI2 India-service vessel WAN HAI 516 to U.S. West Coast (calling Shekou, Xiamen, Ningbo, Qingdao ¡ú Long Beach/Oakland).

  
  

• Hapag-Lloyd: Deployed 4,890-TEU DALLAS EXPRESS (departs Yantian May 31 via Shanghai/Busan to Los Angeles).