New / adjusted ocean services
K-Line announces new Asia – South America East Coast service; CKYH Alliance switches from Panama to Suez on Far East – US East Coast service. K-Line will launch a new bi-weekly service from Asia to the East Coast of South America (ECSA) with Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Pacific International Lines (PIL). This new service will be in addition to Asia – East Coast of South America (AESA) service currently offered by the four lines. Effective end-March, the new service will provide direct coverage to Vitoria in Brazil, as well as a faster transit time to Rio de Janeiro. The service will be adjusted to a fixed-day weekly service should there be strong support from the market. In mid-March, the current AESA service will be expanded to include a call at Pusan, enabling K-Line to offer customers a direct express between Korea and ECSA. New loop (AESA-2)
Current loop (AESA-1)
According to Alphaliner, the CKYH Alliance (COSCO, K-Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin Shipping), will launch a new Far East – US east coast (AWE-6) service via the Suez Canal to replace the current AWE-5 loop that uses Panama, effective May 1st. The AWE-6 service will deploy nine postpanamax vessels (5,000 – 7,500 TEU) calling at Xiamen, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Colombo, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Jeddah and back to Xiamen via Singapore. The current AWE-5 service deploys nine 3,400 – 4,300 TEU vessels calling at Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Yantian, Shanghai, Busan, (Panama Canal), New York, Norfolk, Savannah, (Panama Canal) and back to Kaohsiung. Quelle: eyefortransport Portal: www.logistik-express.com |