NYK Line, NOSAC join forces. (Nippon Yusen KK; Norwegian Specialized Autocarriers Inc.)

NYK-NOS car and truck carrier service to South America, the Mideast and Mediterranean.

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line and Norwegian Specialized Autocarriers Inc. (NOSAC) have joined together to offer a dedicated pure car truck carrier (PCTC) service between the U.S. East Coast and the east and west coasts of South America.

NYK-NOS, as the partnership is known, also plans to start a PCTC service between the U.S. East Coast and the Mediterranean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf in March. Each carrier has contributed one vessel to the service, which started in January. A third will be contributed by one of the partners by the end of March, coming from service either in the …