New Weekly Container Service in Charleston to Launch About June 19

The CKYH alliance of ocean carriers will use the Port of Charleston for a new, weekly container service with coverage across Northeast Asia. The AWE-6 is a new service offering for the carrier group, which includes COSCO, K-Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin. Shippers will have access to direct trade routes to Yantian, Ningbo and Shanghai in China, as well as Pusan, South Korea via the Panama Canal. The carriers will deploy nine ships for the service, which will add 52 ship calls a year at North Charleston Terminal, beginning about June 19.