The Port of Virginia said April 3 that China Shipping and two of the CKYH alliance’s services would be adding calls at Norfolk International Terminals by all-water services from Asia in the next few months.
The CKYH alliance of Cosco, “K” Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin has restructured two of its all-water services to the U.S. East Coast and will make Norfolk International Terminals the first U.S. East Coast stop for what “K” Line calls the Natco-4 service.
The Natco-4 service is dropping Savannah from its East Coast rotation, according to Port of Virginia spokesman Joe Harris. The service will use eight vessels each with a capacity of 3,850 TEUs.
The port rotation of Natco-4 is Singapore, Shekou, Hong Kong, Yantian, Panama Canal, Norfolk, New York, Halifax, Suez Canal.
In addition to the NATCO-4 service, CKYH in May will add Virginia to its stops in the alliance’s weekly NATCO-5 service.
The port rotation of Natco-5 is: Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Xiamen, Savannah, Virginia and New York.
The service will use eight vessels each with a capacity of 3,300 TEUs.
China Shipping Container Line is resuming calls at Virginia by its weekly AAE-1 service. More than a year ago China Shipping began to bypass Virginia in the rotation of this service, but in mid-June it will return to the port.
The port rotation schedule is Shanghai, Hong Kong, Yantian, Miami, Savannah, Virginia and New York. Vessels in the 2,000- to 3,000-TEU range will be used in this service.
All of these services will call at Norfolk International Terminals, one of three deep-water marine terminals owned and operated by the VPA.
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