HONG KONG's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) announced an additional service loop called the North Asia Express (JKN) that becomes operational January 1. The JKN will provide customers with competitive and reliable services between North Asia and New Zealand with direct calls to strategic ports including Tokyo, Kobe and Busan while supplementing existing China New Zealand Service (CNS) and New Zealand/South East Asia Express (NZS). The JKN port rotation will be Tokyo, Kobe, Busan, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Yantian, Hong Kong, Brisbane, Auckland, Lyttelton, Napier, Tauranga and back to Tokyo: