CKY Alliance carriers COSCO, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin Shipping are introducing the first direct connection between Vietnam's new deepwater port, Cai Mep, near Ho Chi Minh City and the U.S. East Coast.
Cai Mep port is located about 50 Kilometers southo of Ho Chi Mich City. The port rotation on the AWE-4 service will be Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City (Cai Mep), Sheokou, Hong Kong, Yantian, Norfolk, New York, Halifax and Singapore. Transit time between from Vietnam will be 27 days to Norfolk and 28 days to New York.
There are three other direct services now stopping at Cai Mep but they all call at U.S. West Coast ports only.
