"K" Line, which left the Port of Portland about three years ago, will resume service at the Columbia River port next month, giving exporters there direct access to the Japanese market.
The Japanese line's return to Portland is part of a series of service modifications announced last week by CKYH alliance members Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin that will adjust routings and port combinations on four transpacific loops.
They will link "K" Line's current K-PNW route to the AES-2 service, creating a pendulum operation covering North America, Asia and North Europe.
"K" Line said the alliance aims to streamline the CKYH service alignment and to reduce CO2 emissions by optimising navigation speed.
Starting the end of June, the carrier said the K-PNW/AES2 pendulum service will use 13 5,500-TEU vessels. The port rotation will be Kobe, Tokyo, Nagoya, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Said, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Le Havre, Port Said, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yantian, Xiamen, Nagoya, Tokyo, Tacoma, Vancouver, Portland and Kobe.
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