Evergreen Line and CKYH Enter into Individual Cooperation Agreements
News Release
Italia Marittima S.p.A. - Head office - Evergreen Line
March 12, 2012
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>(March 12, 2012) ---
Evergreen Line and Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin have agreed to initiate
individual cooperative arrangements on Asia-Europe trades starting April 2012 as
announced last December. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>This cooperation between
Evergreen Line and the four CKYH Lines is designed to offer customers best
sailing frequency, transi</SPAN><SPAN>t time and service coverage to fulfill
customers' needs. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>These bilateral
arrangements will be implemented in eight weekly services for Asia - North
Europe and four for Asia - Mediterranean including direct services for Asia -
Adriatic regions calling Rijeka, Koper and Trieste.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>Weekly services for Asia -
North Europe, which offer the highest frequency in the market, will also provide
very attractive transit times from Asia to major European ports including
Rotterdam, Hamburg and Felixstowe (i.e. 26-27 days from Shanghai/Ningbo and
23-24 days from Yantian). </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>The majority of the fleet
operated in these total 12 loops will be ranging from 8,000TEU to
13,000TEU.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Asia - North Europe Service</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE1 : Shanghai - Ningbo -
Hong Kong - Nansha - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Felixstowe - Singapore - Nansha -
Shanghai</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE2 : Xiamen - Kaohsiung -
Yantian - Singapore - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Felixstowe - Antwerp - Singapore -
Hong Kong - Xiamen</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE3 : Xingang - Dalian -
Qingdao - Ningbo - Singapore - Rotterdam - Felixstowe - Hamburg - Antwerp -
Yantian - Hong Kong - Xingang</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE4 : Ningbo - Shanghai -
Hong Kong - Singapore - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Singapore - Yantian -
Kaohsiung - Ningbo</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE6 : Xingang - Kwangyang -
Pusan - Shanghai - Yantian - Singapore - Algeciras - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Le
Havre - Algeciras - Singapore - Hong Kong - Xingang</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>CEM : Shanghai - Ningbo -
Yantian - Felixstowe - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Hong Kong - Shanghai</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>CES : Kaohsiung - Ningbo -
Shanghai - Taipei - Hong Kong - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Colombo - Piraeus,
Rotterdam - Hamburg - Thamesport - Piraeus - Jeddah - Colombo - Tanjung Pelepas
- Kaohsiung</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>CES2 : Qingdao - Shanghai -
Ningbo - Xiamen - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Kelang - Hamburg - Rotterdam
- Antwerp - Tanjung Pelepas - Qingdao</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Asia - Mediterranean Service</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>MD1 : Qingdao - Shanghai -
Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Shekou - Singapore - Piraeus - La Spezia - Genoa
- Barcelona - Valencia - Piraeus - Singapore - Hong Kong - Qingdao </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>MD2 : Ningbo - Shanghai -
Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Port Said - Ashdod -
Genoa - Barcelona - Fos - Port Said - Sin</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>gapore - Hong Kong - Ningbo
</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>MD3 : Pusan - Shanghai -
Ningbo - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Port Said - Napoli - La Spezia -
Livorno - Port Said - Singapore - Hochimin - Hong Kong - Yantian - Ningbo
</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>UAM : Tokyo - Osaka - Pusan
- Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Tanjung
Pelepas - Colombo - Ashdod - Alexandria - Taranto - Koper -Rijeka - Trieste -
Taranto - Colombo - Tanjung Pelepas - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Shanghai
- Ningbo </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>(March 12, 2012) ---
Evergreen Line and Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin have agreed to initiate
individual cooperative arrangements on Asia-Europe trades starting April 2012 as
announced last December. </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>This cooperation between
Evergreen Line and the four CKYH Lines is designed to offer customers best
sailing frequency, transi</SPAN><SPAN>t time and service coverage to fulfill
customers' needs. </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>These bilateral
arrangements will be implemented in eight weekly services for Asia - North
Europe and four for Asia - Mediterranean including direct services for Asia -
Adriatic regions calling Rijeka, Koper and Trieste.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>Weekly services for Asia -
North Europe, which offer the highest frequency in the market, will also provide
very attractive transit times from Asia to major European ports including
Rotterdam, Hamburg and Felixstowe (i.e. 26-27 days from Shanghai/Ningbo and
23-24 days from Yantian). </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>The majority of the fleet
operated in these total 12 loops will be ranging from 8,000TEU to
13,000TEU.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Asia - North Europe Service</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE1 : Shanghai - Ningbo -
Hong Kong - Nansha - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Felixstowe - Singapore - Nansha -
Shanghai</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE2 : Xiamen - Kaohsiung -
Yantian - Singapore - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Felixstowe - Antwerp - Singapore -
Hong Kong - Xiamen</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE3 : Xingang - Dalian -
Qingdao - Ningbo - Singapore - Rotterdam - Felixstowe - Hamburg - Antwerp -
Yantian - Hong Kong - Xingang</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE4 : Ningbo - Shanghai -
Hong Kong - Singapore - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Singapore - Yantian -
Kaohsiung - Ningbo</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>NE6 : Xingang - Kwangyang -
Pusan - Shanghai - Yantian - Singapore - Algeciras - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Le
Havre - Algeciras - Singapore - Hong Kong - Xingang</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>CEM : Shanghai - Ningbo -
Yantian - Felixstowe - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Hong Kong - Shanghai</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>CES : Kaohsiung - Ningbo -
Shanghai - Taipei - Hong Kong - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Colombo - Piraeus,
Rotterdam - Hamburg - Thamesport - Piraeus - Jeddah - Colombo - Tanjung Pelepas
- Kaohsiung</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>CES2 : Qingdao - Shanghai -
Ningbo - Xiamen - Yantian - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Kelang - Hamburg - Rotterdam
- Antwerp - Tanjung Pelepas - Qingdao</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Asia - Mediterranean Service</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>MD1 : Qingdao - Shanghai -
Ningbo - Yantian - Hong Kong - Shekou - Singapore - Piraeus - La Spezia - Genoa
- Barcelona - Valencia - Piraeus - Singapore - Hong Kong - Qingdao </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>MD2 : Ningbo - Shanghai -
Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Port Said - Ashdod -
Genoa - Barcelona - Fos - Port Said - Sin</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>gapore - Hong Kong - Ningbo
</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>MD3 : Pusan - Shanghai -
Ningbo - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Port Said - Napoli - La Spezia -
Livorno - Port Said - Singapore - Hochimin - Hong Kong - Yantian - Ningbo
</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN>UAM : Tokyo - Osaka - Pusan
- Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Tanjung
Pelepas - Colombo - Ashdod - Alexandria - Taranto - Koper -Rijeka - Trieste -
Taranto - Colombo - Tanjung Pelepas - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Shanghai
- Ningbo </SPAN></P>
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