Panalpina Launches New Ocean Freight Services
Panalpina, a supplier of forwarding and logistics services, has launched two new less than container load (LCL) services to the ocean freight customers, by adding connections between Belgium and the USA and also between China and Poland.
According to Panalpina, the newly inaugurated service from Antwerp to Houston complements the existing ocean freight LCL service portfolio from Continental Europe to Gulf of Mexico, to provide weekly guaranteed sailings based on the company's long-time partner NYK Line.
In addition, the shipments from Benelux, France and Switzerland are consolidated in the company's strategic LCL ocean hub in Antwerp serving Houston, Dallas, El Paso, Laredo, McAllen, New Orleans and Tulsa in Southern USA. The transit time from port to port is 18 days.
Ragnar Dalen, responsible for product and procurement ocean LCL in North America, at Panalpina, said: “This service is particularly important for customers from the oil and gas segment. In addition, it provides a valuable in-network connection for cross-border shipments into Mexico.”
Based on NYK line, the company has also launched its second newly guaranteed LCL service on the Far East Westbound tradelane connecting Ningbo with Wroclaw in Poland with a through transit time of 26 days. The new service from Ningbo, Panalpina strengthens its LCL ocean program connecting Central China with Poland which includes direct LCL service from Shanghai to Wroclaw.
Peter Herling, global head of product and procurement ocean LCL at Panalpina, said: “Contrary to the overall market development, the demand for additional in-network LCL ocean freight services continued to grow throughout 2009, as the customer focus on safe solutions from door-to-door provided and controlled by one party remained high.”
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