CKYH Alliance to restructure Asia-U.S. East Coast services

The CKYH Alliance (COSCON, k-Line, Yang Ming, and Hanjin Shipping) will restructure five of their current Asia-U.S. East Coast loops as of May 2012.

AWE-6 is scheduled to resume from the middle of May 2012, replacing AWE-5 which was suspended during the winter season.

The Alliance partners stated that they believe these changes will enhance service network between Asia to the US East Coast while offering customers competitive sailing frequencies, transit times and service coverage. Details of CKYH Asia-U.S. East Coast services are as follows :

▲ AWE-1

- Port rotation: Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan -New York - Wilmington - Savannah -Busan - Ningbo
- Range: 27 days from Ningbo to New York
- Vessels deployed: 9 X 4,024 TEU class vessels by Hanjin Shipping
- No change

▲ AWE-2

- Port rotation: Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yokohama - New York -Boston - Norfolk - Qingdao
- Range: 27 days from Qingdao to New York
- Vessels deployed: 9 X 4,200-5,100 TEU class vessels by COSCON
- Effective date: May 15th, 2012

▲ AWE-3

- Port rotation: Hong Kong - Yantian - Kaohsiung- Shanghai - Busan -Savannah - Charleston - Wilmington -Hong Kong
- Range: 27 days from Yantian to Savannah
- Vessels deployed: 9 X 4,250 TEU class vessels by Yang Ming
- Effective date: May 20th, 2012

▲ AWE-4

- Port rotation: Ho Chi Minh - Shekou - Hong Kong - Yantian -Singapore -New York - Norfolk -Savannah - Singapore - Ho Chi Minh
- Range: 24 days from Yantian to New York
- Vessels deployed: 9 X 5,500-6,600 TEU class vessels (k Line 6, Yang Ming 1, Hanjin Shipping 2)
- Effective date: May 29th, 2012

▲ AWE-6

- Port rotation: Yantian - Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan - Savannah - Norfolk - Charleston - Yantian
- Range: 28 days from Yantian to Savannah
- Vessels deployed: 9 X 4,000 TEU class vessels (COSCON 3, k-Line 2, Yang Ming 1, Hanjin Shipping 3)
- Effective date: May 18th, 2012

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