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The Japanese NYK, "K" Line and MOL will restructure the line Asia - Mexico - coast the South America west
A new service will be realized weekly magazine with 11 portacontainer from 5.600-6.500 teu
April 11, 2012
The three Japanese companies of navigation Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Linens) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced today a restructure of the services that connect Asia with the Central America and the Latin America, route on which operates jointly from half 2010 ( on 1° July 2010).
The three companies will realize the connection with a new service weekly magazine in which they will employ 11 portacontainer of the ability to 5.600-6.500 teu, of which five of NYK and three ships each for "K" Line and MOL. The new line will be inaugurated with the departure from the port of Keelung of next 26 April. The spin of the ports of call will be the following one: Keelung, Hong Kong, By Chan Bay, Xiamen, Shanghai, Ningbo, Pusan, Manzanillo (Mexico), Callao, Iquique, Valparaiso, Lirquen, Callao, Manzanillo (Mexico), Tokyo, Keelung.
NYK will commercialize the service with the denomination ALEX (Asia Latin America Express), in which they will meet two spins ALEX-1 and ALEX-2 currently realized by the company. "K" Linens, than up to now proposes on the route the two spins Loop 1 and Loop 2, has called new service ANDES. The two current spins commercialized by MOL with denominations WL1 and WL2 will meet in the new called service Asia - Mexico and WCSA (CWL).
The ports of Buenaventura and Guayaquil, that they take part of the current spins realized from NYK, "K" Line and MOL, will be covered with the new service weekly magazine MSX (Mexico South America Express) that it will carry out ports of call to Manzanillo, Buenaventura, Callao, Guayaquil, Manzanillo.
The port of Honolulu will be touched by NYK with new service AHX (Asia Hawaii Express) that Shanghai will climb, Pusan, Yokohama, Honolulu, Yokohama, Shanghai.
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