“K” Line adds Asia/PNW capacity

“K” Line adds Asia/PNW capacity

“K” Line adds Asia/PNW capacity

   “K” Line is adding capacity to its Asia/Pacific Northwest “Nowco-A” weekly service by replacing five ships of 3,500-TEU capacities with larger units of about 4,000 TEUs.
   “We are having more requests for a Pacific Northwest service,” a senior executive at “K” Line’s Tokyo headquarters told American Shipper.
   The 4,000-TEU vessels will be new Panamax containerships delivered to “K” Line.
   The Asia/Pacific Northwest “Nowco-A” has a rotation of Yantian, Hong Kong, Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Tacoma, Vancouver, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe and back to Yantian.
   Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping and Zim Integrated Shipping Services take space on the “K” Line service, according to the ComPair Data, the global liner-shipping database.