Container shipping lines that make up the CKYH "Green Alliance", namely Coscon, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin, are reorganising their service network on Asia-US east coast trade lanes from mid-April, according to the Shipping Gazette.
CKYH will provide five loops (AWE1, AWE2, AWE3, AWE4, AWE7) between Asia and the US east coast. AWE7 will be newly launched and replace AWE6 which was suspended during the 2012 winter season. The new services will offer competitive sailing frequency and highest on-time schedule reliability in the industry so as to satisfy customer needs, said the CKYH statement.
Port rotations of Asia-US east coast AWE1 service are Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, New York, Wilmington, Savannah, Jacksonville, Busan, and back to Ningbo.
AWE2: Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yokohama, New York, Boston, Norfolk, Ningbo and back to Qingdao.
AWE3: Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Manzanillo, Colon, Savannah, New York, Wilmington, Busan and back to Ningbo.
AWE4 : Ho Chi Minh, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Singapore and back to Ho Chi Minh.
AWE7: Xiamen, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Busan, New York, Savannah, Charleston, Busan, Kaohsiung, Ningbo and back to Xiamen.
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