CKYH alliance to add 14th transpacific West Coast link

CKYH alliance to add 14th transpacific West Coast link    The CKYH alliance of COSCO Container Lines, “K” Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin Shipping will introduce its 14th Asia/U.S. West Coast service in April or May.
   The carrier grouping, which already provides the largest number of transpacific container services, will add a weekly service calling at Qingdao, Shanghai, Pusan, Los Angeles, Oakland and Qingdao. The service will employ five vessels of about 3,500-TEU capacity that currently operate on another Pacific service.
   A Yang Ming executive official said that the transfer of the 3,500-TEU ships is linked to the introduction of five new 5,500-TEU vessels to be delivered to Yang Ming for its “PSW-2” transpacific service. This service has a rotation of Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Los Angeles, Oakland, Keelung, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong.
   The capacity expansion of the “PSW-2” service and the addition of the 14th loop will add a combined one-way capacity of about 290,000 TEUs a year to the transpacific trade.