March 12, 2012
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
Cosco, “K” Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin and Evergreen Line enter into
individual cooperation agreements
Cosco, “K” Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin and Evergreen have agreed to initiate individual cooperative arrangements on Asia-Europe trades starting from April 2012 as announced last December.
This cooperation between the four CKYH Lines and Evergreen Line is designed to offer customers best sailing frequency, transit time and service coverage so as to fulfill customers’ needs.
These bilateral arrangements will be implemented in 8 weekly services for Asia - North Europe and 4 for Asia - Mediterranean including direct services for Asia - Adriatic regions calling Rijeka, Koper and Trieste.
Especially, weekly services for Asia - North Europe, which in fact, offer the highest frequency in the market, will also provide very attractive transit times from Asia to major European ports including Rotterdam, Hamburg and Felixstowe (i.e. 26-27 days from Shanghai/Ningbo and 23-24 days from Yantian).
The majority of the fleet operated in these total twelve loops will be ranging from 8,000TEU to 13,000TEU size
Asia – North Europe Service
NE1 : Shanghai – Ningbo – Hong Kong – Nansha – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Singapore – Nansha - Shanghai
NE2 : Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Felixstowe – Antwerp – Singapore – Hong Kong – Xiamen
NE3 : Xingang – Dalian – Qingdao – Ningbo – Singapore – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Hamburg – Antwerp – Yantian – Hong Kong - Xingang
NE4 : Ningbo – Shanghai – Hong Kong – Singapore – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Singapore – Yantian – Kaohsiung – Ningbo
NE6 : Xingang – Kwangyang – Pusan – Shanghai - Yantian – Singapore – Algeciras – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Le Havre – Algeciras – Singapore – Hong Kong – Xingang
CEM : Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Felixstowe – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Hong Kong – Shanghai
CES : Kaohsiung – Ningbo – Shanghai – Taipei – Hong Kong – Yantian – Tanjung Pelepas – Colombo – Piraeus – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Thamesport – Piraeus – Jeddah – Colombo – Tanjung Pelepas – Kaohsiung
CES2 : Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Yantian – Tanjung Pelepas – Port Kelang – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Tanjung Pelepas - Qingdao
Asia – Mediterranean Service
MD1 : Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Hong Kong – Shekou – Singapore – Piraeus – La Spezia – Genoa – Barcelona – Valencia – Piraeus – Singapore – Hong Kong - Qingdao
MD2 : Ningbo – Shanghai – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Singapore – Port Said – Ashdod – Genoa – Barcelona – Fos – Port Said – Singapore – Hong Kong – Ningbo
MD3 : Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Hong Kong – Yantian – Singapore – Port Said – Napoli – La Spezia – Livorno – Port Said – Singapore – Ho Chi Minh – Hong Kong – Yantian – Ningbo
UAM : Tokyo – Osaka – Pusan – Qingdao - Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung - Hong Kong – Yantian – Tanjung Pelepas – Colombo – Ashdod – Alexandria – Taranto – Koper -Rijeka – Trieste – Taranto – Colombo – Tanjung Pelepas – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Shanghai – Ningbo