Slow steaming absorbs fewer sailings on Asia-Europe CKYH loops

CKYH ALLIANCE members Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin, have started slow steaming on two Asia-UK north continent loops, reports ComPair Data.

CKYH's NE1 and NE4 loops will employ slow steaming to accommodate reduced sailings in February, part of seasonal reductions, similar to what they did on Asia-Mediterranean services.

NE1 will omit its February 4 sailing, while the NE4 will drop the one on February 17. The two will extend round-trips from 63 to 70 days with no changes to port rotations.

The NE1 rotation is Ningbo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Nansha, Algeciras, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Singapore, Nansha and back to Ningbo, operated by 10 ships in the 9,800-TEU range, five from Cosco, four from Hanjin and one as yet unassigned.

The NE4 rotation is Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Said, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Port Said, Singapore, Hong Kong and back to Qingdao operated by 10 ships in the 8,700-TEU range with four each from "K" Line and Yang Ming, one from Hanjin and another as yet unassigned.
(Source:www.schednet.com)