MOL, NYK and “K” Line formed a new vessel-sharing alliance to upgrade their container service from Asia to Mexico and the west coast of South America.
MOL said it has been offering services from Asia to Mexico and the west coast of South America jointly with “K” Line and will launch the upgraded Asia-Mexico and WCSA service along with NYK.
The new service will offer two loops, one covering Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia and the other covering Mexico, Peru and Chile. The companies will also deploy larger vessels to the service to meet growing demand in Asia-Mexico and WCSA trade.
Loop 1, which is called WL1, will provide a 70-day round-trip weekly service using mainly 3,200-TEU vessels. It will have the following port rotation: Yokohama, Keelung, Hong Kong, Da Chan Bay, Xiamen, Shanghai, Busan, Manzanillo (Mexico), Callao (Peru), Iquique (Chile), Valparaiso (Chile), Lirquen (Chile), Callao, Manzanillo, Yokohama.
Loop 2, called WL2, will have a 63-day round trip with weekly departures using 2,000- to 2,100-TEU vessels on the following rotation: Tokyo, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nagoya, Yokohama, Manzanillo (Mexico), Buenaventura (Colombia), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Manzanillo, Tokyo.
WL1 will start service with the departure of the MOL Bravery from Keelung on July 22.
WL2 will begin service with the departure of the MOL Satisfaction from Busan on July 29.
The Journal of Commerce Online
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