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ALPHALINER – Liner Services Guide – The worldwide reference in liner shipping The Alphaliner website allows an easy and quick access to every liner service of importance worldwide, including regional and feeder services. Each service is attributed a unique reference number that we call the 'S Code'. The ‘S Code’ is a very convenient way to refer to well identified services and is indeed used by subscribers who want to exchange information. It allows avoiding ambiguities and confusions. Each service is provided with the following information : - Service code number (S Code) - cross indexed with the ship register - Name of service / Alliance / Route – Alternative names if any - Partners : ship providers and slot takers (if any) - Nature of the service (Full container, breakbulk etc.) - Geographical coverage - Duration of rotation (in days) - Frequency of sailings - Number and size range of ships used - Rotation and significant transhipment options - Historical data and other comments (with links to longer developments) - List of ships deployed with basic characteristics, with link to the ship data sheet - Average weekly / annual capacity if relevant These services are arranged in geographical order in the TRADES section, starting with the east-west services and then the various north-south and regional services. These services are systematically repeated under the operators headings in the OPERATORS Section. Some ways of how to find and read the information are detailed hereunder. You can display service details from different places : • from the LIST OF TRADES • from an OPERATOR LIST OF SERVICES • from a SHIP DATASHEET (by clicking on the 'Route' item) • from a SERVICE DATA SHEET (links are provided to connecting services) • from a NEWS ITEM (by clicking on the relevant link) • from a PORT search • from typing the usual name of a service in the relevant box (Examples : Med Andes, SLCS, AEX, CIX etc.) • from typing the S Code a service in the relevant box • from typing either the usual name of a service or its S Code in the General searchbox (top right corner) It is recalled that the S Code (four or five digit figure) gives you an instant access to a service you want to consult regularly, without any ambiguity. New services and major changes are reported in our DAILY NEWS. A search driver is associated to the DAILY NEWS section in order to browse the ARCHIVES. IMPORTANT : Empty your Internet browser cache-memory and click on 'Refresh' in order to get the latest data Alphaliner - Trades & Services - 2 © Alphaliner 1999-2009
ALPHALINER – Liner Services Guide – The worldwide reference in liner shipping Note on multitrade services The LIST OF TRADES offers several geographical sub sections (trade lanes). In the case of multitrade services, such as Round The World or Pendulum services, they are repeated in every relevant Trade section, but only ports served within the geographical coverage are shown. The regions outside this coverage being indicated as such: …(Europe)…, …(East Asia)…, …(ANZ)… etc. The full description (showing the full port coverage) of multitrade services is shown under the ‘Multitrade Services Overview’ item, at the bottom of the SERVICES page. Note on the ‘S Code’ When a multitrade service is shown several times under different geographical sections (trade lanes), the S Code remains naturally the same, even if the description of the rotation and transhipment options vary, according to the trade lane considered. Abbreviations used to identify the nature of the service FC - full container service CB - container / breakbulk service CR - container / roro service RR - roro service only CBR - container / breakbulk / roro service BB - breakbulk service only CB/P - container / breakbulk + reefer pallets SEARCHING SERVICES BY PORTS OF CALL A search driver by ports of call is provided. 800 ports are listed, down to ports fitted only with a single conventional wharf. In a number of cases, links offered by transhipment are shown. By default, the search is done on direct calls only. Should you wish to include ports served via transhipment, click in the relevant box. Caution – When selecting the transhipment options, the search is made only on essential ports served by transhipment in specific cases where a particular main line connects with a specific feeder service, or a bundle of feeder services, and vice versa. For arterial east-west services and a number of north-south main services, transhipment possibilities are so numerous (covering a whole continent at each end) that there is no point to list them. Apart from the direct / transhipment choice, there are two ways of using this search driver. 1 – Ask for both port of origin and port of destination A list of services linking the two ports considered will be displayed, including main transhipment possibilities if this option is selected. 2 – Ask for one port only A list of services calling at this port will be displayed, including main transhipment possibilities if this option is selected. The second option is particularly useful in case you are looking to carry cargoes between two remote ports. Thus, should you want to carry a cargo between places as exotic as Funafuti, in the South Pacific, and Qaqortok, in Greenland (everything is possible !), make a first search on 'Funafuti' and note the result. Once it has been done, do the same with ‘Qaqortok’. Then, you can contact the operators calling at either Funafuti or Qaqortok to Alphaliner - Trades & Services - 3 © Alphaliner 1999-2009
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