Skip to content
Seven Colorsourcing.center by Seven Color Trading Co Ltd · China

China desk · sourcing news

Brief

Hapag-Lloyd Golden Week NA blanks: WC2 Shanghai 10 Oct; US2 Ningbo 7 Oct; AA7 Ningbo 1 Oct

Container News (30 Aug 2026), citing Hapag-Lloyd, lists three Far East–North America sailing omissions around China’s Golden Week. WC2: Guthorm Maersk voyage 640E from Shanghai omitted (week 40; scheduled departure 10 Oct 2026); Xingang–Qingdao–Pusan rotation remains. US2: Navios Unison voyage 641E from Ningbo omitted (week 41; 7 Oct); alternative coverage via US1, with Maersk Shams departing Haiphong 2 Oct and an extra Norfolk call. AA7: Wan Hai A13 from Ningbo cancelled (week 40; 1 Oct).

Container News reported on 30 August 2026 that Hapag-Lloyd announced sailing adjustments on Far East–North America services for China’s Golden Week period, affecting strings to both the US West and East Coasts. The notice is still operationally relevant this week: Mid-Autumn Festival (25–27 September) and National Day (1–7 October) sit back-to-back, and the listed omissions fall on 1, 7 and 10 October first-load dates.

Named omissions: WC2 will not offer Guthorm Maersk voyage 640E from Shanghai (week 40; scheduled departure 10 October 2026), while the Xingang–Qingdao–Pusan rotation remains in place. US2 will omit Navios Unison voyage 641E from Ningbo (week 41; scheduled 7 October 2026); Hapag-Lloyd says alternative coverage comes via the US1 service, with Maersk Shams departing Haiphong on 2 October 2026 and making an additional call at Norfolk. AA7 will not offer Wan Hai A13 from Ningbo (week 40; scheduled 1 October 2026).

For importers sourcing from Shanghai or Ningbo into North America on these Gemini/Hapag strings, the practical step is voyage-level booking hygiene: confirm whether cargo is on one of the three cancelled sailings, obtain the replacement vessel/voyage in writing, and rebuild SI/CY cutoffs around the US1/Haiphong–Norfolk contingency where US2 applies. Pair this check with other carriers’ early-October blanks already published for the same holiday window.

Source: Container News / Hapag-Lloyd

Topics

  • logistics
  • golden-week
  • blank-sailing
  • hapag-lloyd
  • transpacific
  • procurement
  • china

All news

NRF: September set as busiest US import month of 2026; Drewry 77 East-West blanks

Green Worldwide's Week 39 freight update (23 Sep 2026) says the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates now forecast 2.31 million TEUs of US container imports in September (+9.6% year on year), which would make September the busiest import month of 2026 if the forecast holds. NRF cites China weather-related vessel delays, some Panama Canal rerouting, and still-supportive retail inventory demand. Drewry expects 77 blank sailings in Weeks 39-43 out of 720 planned (about 11%), with 55% on

Sea-Intelligence: Golden Week Asia-US/Europe capacity at records; watch mid-late Oct last-minute blanks

World Ports Organization (22 Sep 2026), citing Sea-Intelligence, says scheduled capacity over the four-week Golden Week window reaches record levels: Asia-North America West Coast 1.49m TEU (+18% vs 2025), Asia-USEC 935,200 TEU (+17%), Asia-North Europe 1.50m TEU (+27%), Asia-Med 1.14m TEU (+49%). Planned cuts are modest (about 9% Transpacific; 3.7% North Europe; 6.1% Med). Congestion-driven double-sailings (7/11 on Asia-USWC in weeks 40/41) inflate the print. Once the backlog clears into weaker

Maersk Golden Week blanks: AE15 Qingdao 28 Sep; AE12/AE1 and TP8/TP12 early Oct

Maersk’s Golden Week advisories list concrete blank sailings on Asia–Europe and Transpacific strings as China’s Mid-Autumn (25–27 Sep) and National Day (1–7 Oct) holidays approach. Asia–Europe: AE15 640W/645E first load Qingdao ETD 28 Sep; AE12 641W/648E Ningbo ETD 8 Oct; AE1 641W/648E Shanghai ETD 10 Oct. Transpacific: TP8 640E Busan blanking proforma 9 Oct (eastbound) and TP8 644W Los Angeles 1 Nov (westbound); TP12 641E Ningbo 9 Oct (eastbound) and TP12 647W Newark 18 Nov (westbound). Maersk

Xeneta: Far East–USWC spot $8,346 / USEC $11,523; post-Hormuz peak called as Golden Week starts

Xeneta’s 2 October 2026 weekly update (Peter Sand) says Far East–US spot rates ticked up again on 1 October—US West Coast to US$8,346/FEU (+1.4%) and US East Coast to US$11,523 (+0.7%)—but with confidence that the post-Hormuz crisis peak for 2026 has been reached. Asia port congestion is easing as typhoon season winds down, while China’s Golden Week (1–7 Oct) lowers near-term exports. Far East–North Europe fell 2.1% to US$3,726 and Mediterranean 4.6% to US$4,105. Sand expects a gradual decline,

Dated desk notes, not a news feed Updates.

Need the factory-floor read on a story?

The China desk can map a cited development to your SKU, QC, and lane, from Xiamen, with Dubai 3PL when the stock needs a hub.

Get a quote in 24hWhatsAppI have a new product idea
  • D&B registered
  • Xiamen + Dubai hubs
  • Fast WhatsApp response
  • Factory network
WhatsAppHapag-Lloyd Golden Week NA blanks: WC2 Shanghai 10 Oct; US2