November 22, 2001

 

Slot Exchange Arrangement between “K”Line and Hanjin
in Asia/Pacific Northwest of North America

 
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line), Tokyo and Hanjin Shipping Company, Ltd. (Hanjin), Seoul are proud to announce their agreement to implement slot exchange arrangement between Asia and Pacific Northwest of North America effective from middle of December 2001, subject to approval of relevant authorities.
  
This new slot exchange arrangement will allow “K”Line to charter space on Hanjin’s PNX Service and Hanjin to charter space on “K” Line’
  
Ports of call and rotation are as follows:
 
“K” Line PNW Service (5 x 2800teu)
Hong Kong (Thu/Thu) / Kobe (Sun/Mon) / Nagoya (Mon/Tue) / Tokyo (Tue/Wed) /
Tacoma (Thu/Fri) / Vancouver (Sat/Sun) / Portland (Mon/Tue) / Tokyo (Fri/Sat) /
Nagoya (Sat/Sun) / Kobe (Sun/Mon) / Hong Kong (Thu)
*“K” Line PNW Service start calling Kobe (Eastbound).
  
Hanjin PNX Service (5 x 4000-4500teu)
Yantian (Sun/Sun) / Hong Kong (Sun/Tue) / Kaohsiung (Tue/Wed) /
Kwangyang (Fri/Fri) / Busan (Sat/Sun) / Seattle (Mon/Wed) / Vancouver (Wed/Thu) /
Busan (Mon/Tue) / Kwangyang (Wed/Wed) / Keelung (Fri/Sat) /
Hong Kong (Sun/Sun) / Yantian (Sun)
*Hanjin PNX Service will start calling Yantian (Eastbound and Westbound) and Kwangyang (Eastbound).
    
This slot exchange arrangement will start from following vessels.
“K” Line PNW   Mackinac Bridge  V.047E
Hanjin PNX Hanjin Malta V.080E
  
Their Partner, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., will also share slots on these two services. COSCO Container Lines, Ltd., who already share slots on “K” Line’s service, will continue this arrangement.
  
For further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact with following parties:
 
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Tokyo
Toshio Shimizu, General Manager, Containerships Business Group
Tel +81-(0)3-3595-5591
Yukikazu Myochin, Manager, Container Planning Team
Tel +81-(0)3-3595-5309
    
Hanjin Shipping Company, Ltd., Seoul
S. H. Kwon, General Manager, Public Relation Team
Tel +82-(0)2-3770-6040
S. K. Baik, Manager, Public Relation Team
Tel +82-(0)2-3770-6071

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