“K” LINE REVISES ASIA/AUSTRALIA LINKS
"K" Line will split its container service from
Japan to Southeast Asia and West Australia in mid-September by turning the ships round in
Southeast Asia and buying space between Southeast Asia and Australia from another service.
The intra-Asia half of the former 5-ship Japan/Straits/West Australia
weekly operation will be replaced by two weekly services, named JASECO-1 Kanto service and
JASECO-2 Kansai service.
The JASECO-1 link will call at Tokyo (Tue/Wed), Yokohama (Wed/Wed),
Shimizu (Thu/Thu), Manila (Mon/Mon), Jakarta (Fri/Sat), Singapore (Sun/Mon), Pasir
Gudang(Mon/Mon), Manila (Thu/Fri) and Tokyo again.
The JASECO-2 rotation will be Yokkaichi (Thu/Thu), Nagoya (Thu/Fri),
Osaka (Fri/Sat), Kobe (Sat/Sat), Manila (Wed/Thu), Singapore (Sun/Mon), Port Kelang
(Tue/Tue), Pasir Gudang (Wed/Wed), Manila (Sat/Sun) and Yokkaichi again.
"K" Line said that it will join Maersk Line’s Singapore/West
Australia service at the end of September. The 2-ship service, named WASCO, calls at
Singapore (Fri/Fri), Fremantle (Fri/Sat) and Singapore again. A Jakarta call may be
included in the rotation, "K" Line said.
The changes announced by "K" Line follow a rate war in the
Asia/Australia container trade.