CKYH to offer sixth Far East-N Europe loop (NE-6)

CKYH ALLIANCE members, Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin, plan to introduce a sixth Far East-North Europe loop (NE-6) from April 2, raising the group's weekly capacity to North Europe by 25 per cent.


The new NE-6 will be operated with nine ships in the 10,000-TEU range, the first being the new 9,954-TEU Hanjin Netherlands, said Alphaliner. Three more same-sized Hanjin ships will also be deployed, the Hanjin China, the Hanjin Spain and the Hanjin United Kingdom.


The port rotation for the NE-6 will be Kwangyang, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Singapore, returning to Kwangyang.


The NE-6 launch comes with changes to CKYH Far East to Europe services, offering five weekly to north Europe and three a week to the Mediterranean. The changes are expected to take place in April, with further details of the revised services to be announced by the CKYH shortly, said Alphaliner.


The NE-5, NE-5, deploying nine 6,600-TEU ships on an "extra slow steaming" regime, will drop its Kwangyang and Busan calls, as they will be served by the new NE-6 string. Thus, the NE-5 rotation will be Shanghai, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Le Havre, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Algeciras, Singapore and back to Shanghai.
(Source:http://www.schednet.com)