NYK announced the restructuring of its USEC-ECSA service ANS (Atlantic North-South Express Service). The service will commence in September as an independent service of six NYK operated vessels, covering the main ports of East Coast of South America, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and East Coast of North America.

Port rotation will be as follows:

Navegantes ' Santos ' Vit'ria ' Puerto Sucre ' Caucedo ' Norfolk ' New York ' Savannah ' Caucedo ' Puerto Cabello - Navegantes

The first vessel under this "new" structure will be the MV Sanuki 01:

southbound - ETA Norfolk September 23rd
northbound - ETA Navegantes October 16th

The "new" ANS will operate six vessels with capacity of 1,100 teus each, on a fixed-day weekly period.

NYK's dedicated independent service will provide improved service and schedule reliability with one of the best transit-times in the market. It will be the only service to offer direct sailings through Vitoria Port to the East Coast of North America.