The new service will replace NYK’s current ALEX-Neo service with two strings, ALEX-1, which will link Asia with Mexico, Peru, and Chile, and ALEX-2, which will link Asia with Hawaii, Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador. Both strings will be a fixed-day weekly service.
Vessel capacity will be upgraded by deploying mainly 4,200–4,800 TEU nominal vessels in ALEX-1, and 2,500 TEU nominal vessels in ALEX-2, to serve the demand in this fast-growing trade lane.
Meanwhile, NYK will continue its MAREX-Neo service linking Asia (via transhipment), Los Angeles, Mexico, and the west coast of Central America (WCCA) as an independent service.