The lack  of cargo in winter is a problem that pops up every year. Carriers try to find solutions as we see here in the NYK circular

 

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G6 will be implementing below blank sailing for schedule recovery purpose.
The affected vessels and schedule details are as follows:
Blank Sailing in Week47(EB- ETA Tacoma 19 November 2014) & Week 52(WB- ETA Southampton 22 December 2014)

 
Resumption of service will commence in Week 48 on Kobe Express v079E/080W with the following schedule:
The port rotation details are as follows:
Tacoma : ETA 26th November 2014
Vancouver : ETA 27th November 2014
Oakland : ETA 30th November 2014
Los Angeles : ETA 2nd December 2014
Balboa : ETA 10th December 2014
Manzanillo : ETA 11th December 2014
Savannah : ETA 16th December 2014
Norfolk : ETA 18th December 2014
New York : ETA 19th December 2014
Halifax : ETA 22nd December 2014
Southampton : ETA 29th December 2014
Antwerp : ETA 31st December 2014
Bremerhaven : ETA 2nd January 2015
Rotterdam : ETA 4th January 2015
Halifax : ETA 11th January 2015
New York : ETA 13th January 2015
Norfolk : ETA 15th January 2015
Savannah : ETA 17th January 2015
Manzanillo : ETA 21st January 2015
Los Angeles : ETA 29th January 2015
Oakland : ETA 31st January 2015
NYK Line appreciates your continued support. Please discuss with your Sales or Customer Service representative if you have further questions regarding NYK Line services

 

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