CKYH Alliance changing Asia/Europe services

CKYH Alliance changing Asia/Europe services The CKYH Alliance (COSCO, “K” Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping) will in January adjust its Asia/Europe services to speed transit times and improve schedule reliability, as well as eliminate overlapping service links.
   The changed service routes include:
      * NCX/AE1 (North China Express Service): Shanghai, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Singapore, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Antwerp, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
   * AEX/AE2 (Asia Europe Express Service): Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Port Kelang, Colombo, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Colombo, Port Kelang and Shanghai.
   * FEX/AE3 (Far East Europe Express Service): Xingang, Kwangyang, Busan, Kaohsiung, Chiwan, Singapore, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Singapore, Kaohsiung and Xinggang.
   * SCX/AE4 (South China Express Service):    Nansha, Yantian, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Hamburg, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Singapore and Nansha.
   * AES1 (Asia -Europe Service Loop 1): Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Singapore, Kaohsiung and Shanghai.
   * AES2 (Asia – Europe Service Loop 2): Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Said, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Le Havre, Port Said, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Kobe.
   “CKYH Alliance members will provide more diversified and stable service to the customers through the changed service routes while reducing costs and strengthening partnership between its members based on more effective vessel operations and routes management,” the lines said in a joint statement.