CKYH to Rationalize Asia - North Europe/Mediterranean

CKYH Alliance (Coscon, ??Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping) will rationalize their Asia - North Europe/Mediterranean service in October 2009.

This rationalization eliminates overlapping similar service loops and reduces duplicate calling ports to improve the efficiency of the service and reduce service capacity of CKYH Alliance by approximately 20% in response to market demand.

The rationalized service aims to allow the Alliance members to continue to offer comprehensive port coverage and competitive transit times to their customers.

Details of the new service structure are as follows:

NE1 (North Europe 1) 8 x 8,500 TEU
Ningbo - Shanghai - Hong Kong - Nansha - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Felixstowe - Antwerp - Singapore - Ningbo
NE2 (North Europe 2) 8 x 8,000TEU
Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Yantian - Singapore - Rotterdam - Felixstowe - Hamburg - Antwerp - Jeddah - Hong Kong - Yantian - Xiamen

NE3 (North Europe 3) 9 x 8,000TEU
Xingang - Dalian - Qingdao - Ningbo - Yantian - Singapore - Port Said - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Felixstowe - Singapore - Xingang

NE4 (North Europe 4) 8 x 8,000TEU
Kwangyang - Pusan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Singapore - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Le Havre - Port Said - Singapore - Hong Kong - Kwangyang

MD1 (Mediterranean 1) 8 x 5,000TEU
Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Singapore - Port Said - Ashdod - Malta - Naples - Genoa - Livorno - Fos ?Port Said - Singapore - Pusan

MD2 (Mediterranean 2) 8 x 6,000 TEU
Shanghai - Ningbo - Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Shekou - Singapore - Port Said - Piraeus - Genoa - La Spezia - Barcelona - Valencia - Singapore - Shanghai<Korea Shipping Gazette>