Start of Vietnam-US East Coast Service
CKYH Alliance believes that this direct service between Vietnam and the U.S. East Coast will enable them to provide customers with higher quality service and easier access to and from Vietnam, a region that is currently enjoying rapid economic growth and development.
CKYH Alliance adds that this is the first direct service from Ho Chi Minh City to Norfolk and New York. Also, the transit time is expected to improve remarkably compared to that taken in current transshipment process.
The port rotation of the AWE-4 (All Waters East Coast-4) Service will be: Singapore – Ho Chi Minh City (Cai Mep Terminal) – Shekou – Hong Kong – Yantian – Norfolk– New York – Halifax – Singapore. the transit time will be 27 days from Ho Chi Minh City to Norfolk and 28 days to New York.