K-Line has announced the upgrading of "NEW ANDES" service

K-Line currently operates one weekly sailing jointly with MOL in the name of "NEW ANDES", with ten 2,000 TEU vessels. Effective July 22nd, the service will be upgraded to two weekly sailings under the new cooperation by the three lines.

Loop 1:
•70-day turnaround by ten x 2,800 - 3,600 TEU vessels
•Port rotation: Keelung - Hong Kong - Da Chan Bay - Xiamen - Shanghai - Busan - Manzanillo(Mexico) - Callao - Iquique - Valparaiso - Lirquen - Callao - Manzanillo - Yokohama - Keelung

Loop 2:
•63-day turnaround by nine x 2,000 - 2,100 TEU vessels
•Port rotation: Busan > Shanghai > Ningbo > Nagoya > Yokohama > Manzanillo (Mexico) > Buenaventura > Guayaquil > Manzanillo > Tokyo > Busan

The first voyages departs from Keelung on July 22nd. (Loop 1), and from Busan on July 29th. (Loop 2).

K-Line has also announced the launch of a new direct service from Far East to West Africa

K-Line currently provides a feeder service from South Africa to West Africa using transhipment from the Far East to South Africa. This new service, jointly operated by K-Line, China Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd, will provide a faster transit time with direct service from the Far East to West Africa.

A total of eight 2,500 TEU vessels will be deployed:  three from K-Line, four from China Shipping and once from Hapag-Lloyd covering a seventy-day round voyage.

Port rotation: Shanghai > Ningbo > Xiamen > Shekou > Port Kelang > Durban (South Africa) > Tema (Ghana) > Lome (Togo) > Cotonou (Benin) > Tincan Island (Nigeria) > Durban > Port Kelang > Shanghai.

The first voyage departs from Shanghai on July 21st.

Source: K-Line