Hanjin Shipping upgrades Far East-US service

Hanjin Shipping will upgrade one of its transpacific trades that covers the Far East and the US East Coast from 24 April. The All Waters East Coast-5 (AWE-5) service is currently operated by Hanjin and Yang Ming Line with nine of 4,250-4,300 teu class ships. From the end of April, Cosco Container Lines will join as a new partner and the vessels will be replaced with nine of 5,500 teu class of which the three partners will deploy three ships each.


The port rotation starts from Kaohsiung to Hong Kong, Yantian, Ho Chi Minh, Singapore, Suez Canal, New York, Norfolk, Boston, Suez Canal, Singapore, and back to Kaohsiung.
(Source:http://www.seatrade-asia.com)