CKYH alliance to add fifth Asia/U.S. East Coast loop

CKYH alliance to add fifth Asia/U.S. East Coast loop    CKYH alliance members COSCO, “K” Line, Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming Marine in July will start their fifth Asia/U.S. East Coast service.
   The AWE-5 service will use eight 4,000 TEUs vessels and have a port rotation of: Hong Kong, Yantian, Shanghai, Ningbo, Savannah, Miami, Houston and back to Hong Kong. The service will have a 22-day transit time from Shanghai to Savannah.
   Each carrier will provide two ships, although COSCO’s contributions will be phased in from the fourth quarter.
   COSCO recently started with the Evergreen Group a similar eight-ship service, CUE, that links ports in China to Savannah and Port Everglades.