CKYH/MOL's bigger ships on merged transpacific routes

TRANSPACIFIC routes from Japan to US west coast will merge loops of "K" Line, a member of the CKYH Alliance, and MOL of New World Alliance on April 7 along with co-joining on the MOL-"K" Line service that links China and Japan with Pacific Northwest launching on April 8.

The merged service known as CALCO-A by "K" Line, and three other names by CKYH carriers, will run on bigger vessels with a deployment of five averaging 4,482-TEU which shows a 15 per cent in capacity cuts due to merging according to ComPair Data.

Carriers Evergreen and CMA CGM will take slots on the Japan/US West Coast loops with it known as JAS and Fuji Japan respectively.

"K" Line's PNW, or PN1 by MOL, will deploy six ships averaging 5,600-TEU, which will increase capacity on the China/Japan/Pacific Northwest service by almost eight per cent.

(Source: www.schednet.com)