CKYH reorganises six Far East-north Europe services

THE CKYH (Green) Alliance, made up of Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin, has announced it is reorganising its Asia to north Europe services, known as the NE Loops.

In addition to the existing five loops (the "NE1" through "NE5" loops) a new service called NE6 will be introduced to offer more frequency from major Asian ports to north Europe.


The NE6 service will offer the direct calls at Kwangyang, Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Singapore.


After the launch of NE6, port coverage of NE5 loop will be adjusted. The new port rotation will be Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Yantian, Ho Chi Minh, Singapore, Algeciras, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Algeciras, Singapore and back to Shanghai.


The new service is to commence from the beginning of April, when six weekly service loops will be offered:


NE1 will rotate through Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Guangzhou-Nansha, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Singapore, Shenzhen-Yantian and back to Shanghai.


NE2 will rotate through Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Jeddah, Singapore, Shenzhen-Shekou, Hong Kong and back to Xiamen.


NE3 will rotate through Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Antwerp, Guangzhou-Nansha, Hong Kong and back to Xingang.


NE4 will rotate through Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Said, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Port Said, Singapore, Hong Kong and back to Qingdao.


NE5 will rotate through Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Ho Chi Minh, Singapore, Algeciras, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Algeciras, Singapore and back to Shanghai.


NE6 will rotate through Kwangyang, Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Singapore and back to Kwangyang.