News Releases in 2006

July 6, 2006

NYK Line has announced the establishment of its weekly Atlantic North-South (ANS) service to commence on July 10th. "It has always been our intention to offer weekly service between South and North America and we are now ready to provide our customers with the convenience of fixed day, weekly sailings", commented Mr. Wataru Maruyama, President of NYK Line do Brasil.

The service coverage of this new service will be extended to include four new ports: Caucedo (Dominican Republic), Puerto Cabello* (Venezuela), Salvador (Brazil) and Itajai (Brazil).

The enhanced service will now include six fully containerized vessels with a round trip service rotation of 42 days. Scheduled ports of call are as follows: Itajai - Santos - Vitoria - Salvador - Puerto Sucre - Puerto Cabello* - Caucedo - New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Caucedo - Puerto Cabello* - Santos.

NYK remains committed to its customers and recognizes the sustainable growth of the Latin America market.

* Puerto Cabello will be called on biweekly basis