CKYH to Rationalize Asia – North Europe/Mediterranean Service

August 28, 2009

CKYH to Rationalize Asia – North Europe/Mediterranean Service

CKYH Alliance (Coscon, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping) is to rationalize their Asia – North Europe/Mediterranean Service in October 2009.

This rationalization of service eliminates overlapping of similar service loops and reduces duplicate calling ports thereby improves efficiency of the service and reduces service capacity of CKYH Alliance by approximately 20% in response to demand conditions in the market.

The rationalized service enables the Alliance members to continue to offer comprehensive port coverage and competitive transit time to their customers.

Details of the new service structure are as follows:

NE1 (North Europe 1) 8 x 8500teu

Ningbo – Shanghai - Hong Kong – Nansha – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Felixstowe – Antwerp – Singapore - Ningbo

NE2 (North Europe 2) 8 x 8000teu

Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Hamburg – Antwerp – Jeddah – Hong Kong – Yantian - Xiamen

NE3 (North Europe 3) 9 x 8000teu

Xingang – Dalian – Qingdao – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore – Port Said – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Felixstowe – Singapore – Xingang

NE4 (North Europe 4) 8 x 8000teu

Kwangyang – Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Singapore – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Le Havre – Port Said – Singapore – Hong Kong - Kwangyang

MD1 (Mediterranean 1) 8 x 5000teu

Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Hong Kong – Singapore – Port Said – Ashdod – Malta – Naples – Genoa – Livorno – Fos –Port Said – Singapore – Pusan

MD2 (Mediterranean 2) 8 x 6000teu

Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – Port Said – Piraeus – Genoa – La Spezia – Barcelona – Valencia – Singapore –Shanghai

For further information, please contact:

Yu Kurimoto

Manager, Planning Team, Container Business Group

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Tel: +81-3-3595-5309 Fax: +81-3-3595-5288

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