he Ocean Alliance has launched the first direct Indonesia-US container shipping service, a pendulum loop that connects Jakarta to the US West and East Coasts as well as hub ports in Asia. Operated by France-based CMA CGM with its APL subsidiary having the largest allocation, the Pendulum Loop 1 service sailed from Jakarta for Los Angeles, a 23-day transit that removes the need for Indonesia’s exporters and importers to use transhipment. CMA CGM is deploying 17 vessels of between 8,469 and 9,365 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) on the service. The Pendulum Loop 1 service will directly link Jakarta with its top five trading partners, making weekly calls at Port Klang in Malaysia, Singapore, Jakarta, Laem Chabang in Thailand, Cai Mep in Vietnam, Los Angeles, Oakland, Hong Kong, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Halifax in Canada, New York, Norfolk, and Savannah.
