| August 28, 2008 |
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| “K” Line Launches New Feeder Service between |
| the East Coast of the United States and Amazon region in Brazil |
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| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) will launch
new feeder service between East Coast of the United States and Amazon region
in Brazil from October 2008. The service will be jointly operated with
their partner Bringer Lines (located in Miami, Florida, USA) by deployment
of 2 x 500TEU type vessels on bi-weekly basis. |
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| This new feeder service will have growing import market of Amazon in Brazil
connected with “K” Line’s quality global network, particularly
from Asia through “K” Line’s Asia/East Coast of United
States services. |
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| The first sailing and calling ports of the new service will be as follows: |
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M/V “BAGHIRA” ETA Savannah 17th October |
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Savannah (Fri-Sat) / Port Everglades (Sun-Sun) / Manaus (Thu-Sat) / Vila do Conde |
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(Tue-Wed) / Savannah (Fri-) |
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| For further information, please contact: |
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| Yu Kurimoto |
| Manager, Planning Team, Container Business Group |
| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. |
| Tel: +81-3-3595-5309 Fax: +81-3-3595-5288 |