Yang Ming, “K” Line Hanjin add Pacific link

Yang Ming, “K” Line Hanjin add Pacific link

Yang Ming, “K” Line Hanjin add Pacific link

   Yang Ming, “K” Line and Hanjin Shipping will start an additional Asia/U.S. West Coast joint service April 14.
   The “PSW-4” Pacific service will employ five 2,850-TEU ships. Initially, the “PSW-4” service will have a port rotation of Qingdao, Shanghai, Pusan, Los Angeles, Oakland, Pusan, Kwangyang and Qingdao. However, Yang Ming said that, in view of the potential development of the Ningbo market, a single direct call at Ningbo will soon replace both the calls at Pusan. Ningbo will then be the last port of departure from Asia in the rotation of the service.
   COSCO Container Lines, the partner of the three Asian shipping lines in the “CKYH” alliance, will charter slots on the service.
   The CKHY alliance already provided the largest number of transpacific liner services among global alliances and major carrier groups.