HSDG and NYK Announce New Joint Service "New Good Hope Express Service (NGX)" for the Far East/ECSA & RSA
August 4, 2003
Hamburg-Sued (HSDG, having acquired the Kien Hung liner business) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) are pleased to announce that we have agreed to enter into a partnership in the trade between Asia, South America East Coast and South Africa. We have started to operate a new joint service, named the "New Good Hope Express Service (NGX).
Frequency along with vessel size and type to be deployed remain unchanged, which is 77 days round fixed day weekly service with eleven 2500-teu class vessels.
The rotation of the new service NGX would be as noted below:
Shanghai - Pusan - Nagoya - Yokohama - Keelung - Hong Kong - Singapore - Durban - Santos - Buenos Aires - Rio Grande - Itajai - Paranagua - Santos - Rio de Janeiro - Singapore - Hong Kong - Shanghai
With additional calls at Shanghai and Itajai, port coverage will improve and thus better meet the various requirements of our customers. Furthermore, skipping Montevideo and Durban (N/B), where heavy port congestion has often been detrimental to schedule punctuality, will enable NGX to provide a better service.