| July 1, 2010 |
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| "K" Line to Upgrade Asia- Mexico/West Coast South America Service |
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| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) today announced upgrading of Asia-Mexico/West
Coast South America (WCSA) service through cooperation with Mitsui OSK
Lines (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). |
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| "K" Line presently operates one weekly sailing jointly with MOL in the
name of "NEW ANDES" with 10 x 2000TEU vessels. The service will be upgraded
to two weekly sailings under the new cooperation by the three lines. |
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| Calling ports of two services will be as follows; |
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| Loop 1 (70days turn round by 10 x 2800-3600TEU vessels) |
| Keelung - Hong Kong - Da Chan Bay - Xiamen - Shanghai - Busan - Manzanillo(Mexico) |
| - Callao - Iquique - Valparaiso - Lirquen - Callao - Manzanillo - Yokohama - Keelung |
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| Loop 2 (63days turn round by 9 x 2000-2100TEU vessels) |
| Busan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Nagoya - Yokohama - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Buenaventura |
| - Guayaquil - Manzanillo - Tokyo - Busan |
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| Commencement voyage: |
| Loop 1 - from "MOL Bravery", departing Keelung on July 22, 2010 |
| Loop 2 - from "MOL Satisfaction", departing Busan on July 29, 2010 |
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| For further information, please contact: |
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| Fumiyoshi Sato |
| Manager, Planning Team, Containerships Strategic Group |
| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. |
| TEL：81-3-3595-5341 FAX：81-3-3595-5288 |
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