December 22, 2006 - TOKYO, Japan. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Following the alteration of its routes in November, CKYH Alliance (Coscon, “ K ” Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping) is set for another rearrangement of the European routes in January 2007 to further improve joint operations and service efficiency.
Changed European routes will eliminate overlapping service links of the member carriers to reduce transit time and boost schedule reliability. The members of CKYH Alliance will also be able to exchange their slots more effectively.
The changed service routes and call ports are as follows:
Shanghai – Dalian – Qingdao – Ningbo – Singapore – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Hamburg – Antwerp – Singapore – Hong Kong – Shanghai
Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Port Kelang – Colombo – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Le Havre – Colombo – Port Kelang – Shanghai
* Eastbound Port Kelang, Malaysia newly included
Xingang – K wangyang – P usan – Kaohsiung – Chiwan – Singapore – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Singapore – Kaohsiung – Xingang
* Two Asian ports, Kaohsiung and Chiwan, newly included
* Rotterdam-Hamburg rotation changed to Hamburg-Rotterdam
Nansha – Yantian – Hong Kong – Jeddah – Hamburg – Felixstowe – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Singapore – Nansha
* Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Singapore newly included
Shanghai – N ingbo – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Yantian – Singapore – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Felixstowe – Antwerp – Singapore – Kaohsiung – Shanghai
* Xiamen and Yantian, China newly included
Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Hong Kong – Singapore – Port Said – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Le Havre – Port Said – Singapore – Hong Kong – Kobe
* Port Said E/B calling newly included
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.