Hanjin, Cosco put bigger ships on FE-USEC Suez loop from April 24

TAIWAN'S Hanjin Shipping has announced that it is upgrading its Far East to US east coast loop via Suez from April 24 by increasing ship sizes from 4,300-TEU to 5,500-TEU.


Its AWE-5 (All Waters East Coast-5) service, which covers the Far East and the US east coast is currently operated by Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming Line with nine of 4,250-4,300 TEU class ships.


From the end of April, Cosco will join as a new partner and the vessels will be replaced with nine of 5,500-TEU ships, three of which will be deployed by Hanjin.


The AWE-5 rotation will be Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, (Suez Canal), New York, Norfolk, Boston (Suez Canal), Singapore and back to Kaohsiung.
(Source:http://www.schednet.com)