Monday, August 31, 2009
CKYH to streamline Asia - North Europe/Med services
Seoul: CKYH Alliance (Coscon, “K” Line, Yang Ming, and Hanjin Shipping) announces it is to 'rationalise' its Asia - North Europe/Mediterranean services effective October 2009, reducing capacity by about 20%. In this way, "the partner carriers will be able to avoid overlapping of similar service loops and reduce duplicate calling ports, thereby improving efficiency of their service," the alliance said in a statement.
Details of the new service structure are as follows:
1. NE1 (North Europe 1)
Port rotation: Ningbo - Shanghai - Hong Kong - Nansha - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Felixstowe - Antwerp - Singapore - Ningbo. Vessels deployed: 8,500TEU X 8 (Coscon, Hanjin)
2. NE2 (North Europe 2)
Port rotation: Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Yantian - Singapore - Rotterdam - Felixstowe - Hamburg - Antwerp - Jeddah - Hong Kong - Yantian - Xiamen. Vessels deployed: 7,700TEU/8,000TEU X 8 ("K" Line, Yang Ming)
3. NE3 (North Europe 3)
Port Rotation: Xingang - Dalian - Qingdao - Ningbo - Yantian - Singapore - Port Said - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Felixstowe - Singapore - Xingang. Vessels deployed: 8,000TEU X 6, 7,700TEU X 3 (Coscon, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin)
4. NE4 (North Europe 4)
Port Rotation: Kwangyang - Pusan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Singapore - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Le Havre - Port Said - Singapore - Hong Kong - Kwangyang. Vessels deployed: 8,000TEU X 3, 7,700TEU X 5 ("K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin)
5. MD1 (Mediterranean 1)
Port Rotation: Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Singapore - Port Said - Ashdod - Malta - Naples - Genoa - Livorno - Fos - Port Said - Singapore - Pusan. Vessels deployed: 5,000TEU X 8 (Coscon, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin)
6. MD2 (Mediterranean 2)
Port Rotation: Shanghai - Ningbo - Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Shekou - Singapore - Port Said - Piraeus - Genoa - La Spezia - Barcelona - Valencia - Singapore - Shanghai. Vessels deployed: 6,000TEU X 8 (Coscon, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin). [22/08/09]
