'K' Line modifies its America East Coast Service via Suez

"K" LINE is to offer direct calls at Savannah and Jacksonville via Suez on its all-water service the AWE-4 it operates on behalf of CKYH Alliance (Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin) with increased capacity and new port stops as of May 15 with the sailing of Suez Canal Bridge from Shenzhen-Shekou.

The new Asia-North America east coast service will deploy nine vessels of 5,500-TEU, two of which operated by MOL, bumping up its existing capacity of eight ships in the 4,700 TEU range operated by "K" Line.

The revised port rotation will be to Ho Chi Minh City on (Tuesday/Wednesdays) Shenzhen-Shekou (Friday/Saturday), Hong Kong (Saturday/Sunday), Shenzhen-Yantian (Sunday/Monday), Singapore (Thursday/Thursday), Halifax (Tuesday/Wednesday), New York (Thursday/Friday), Norfolk (Friday/Saturday), Jacksonville (Sunday/Monday), Savannah (Monday/Tuesday), Singapore (Sunday/Monday) and back Ho Chi Minh on Tuesday.

The current rotation for the AWE-4 is Singapore, Ho Chi Minh, Shenzhen-Shekou, Hong Kong, Yantian, Norfolk, New York, Halifax and Singapore.

(Source: Schednet)