CKYH to start 2nd Asia US east coast loop via Suez

OCEAN liners Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. and Hanjin Shipping which together form the CKYH Alliance are commencing a sixth Far East-US east coast loop (AWE-6), starting May 1, raising the group's weekly capacity to the US east coast by 25 per cent.


The AWE-6 will run in nine weeks, deploying nine 5,000 to 5,700-TEU ships, reports Alphaliner. The port rotation for the AWE-6 is Xiamen, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Cai Mep (Vietnam), Singapore, Colombo, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Jeddah, Singapore and back to Xiamen.


The first sailing is expected to be undertaken by the 5,744-TEU Hanjin Geneva, departing from Xiamen.


A report by Alphaliner described the AWE-6 as being the second Far East-US East Coast loop offered by the CKYH Alliance to be routed via the Suez Canal, following the AWE-4.


"The four other CKYH all-water services to the USEC use the Panama route (with one of these loops returning to the Far East via the Cape of Good Hope)," the report said.
(Source:http://www.schednet.com)