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The Alliance unveils network of 31 services covering 75 ports
THE Alliance liner shipping consortia has unveiled its east-west service offering, starting from April 2017 that will be operated by a combined fleet of 240 containerships in the Asia-Europe, North Atlantic and Transpacific trade lanes, including the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf/Red Sea.
"The product of THE Alliance is a milestone which will significantly improve the service offering for all shippers on the east-west trade lanes," said the member carriers Hapag-Lloyd, "K" Line, MOL, NYK and Yang Ming in a statement.
Subject to the completion of regulatory requirements, the combined network of 31 services would connect 75 major ports throughout Asia, North Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Indian Sub-continent and the Middle East with "fast transit times and a wide range of direct port-port-connections," it said.
The product of THE Alliance will feature eight services in the Asia-Europe trade including three services covering the Mediterranean market. One dedicated service will cater for customers in the Middle East, connecting the key ports of China, South Korea and Southeast Asia with Dammam, Jubail and an Arabian Gulf hub port.
Sixteen joint services will be operated by THE Alliance members on the Transpacific trade. Six loops will serve the North Atlantic trade covering a wide range of North European and Mediterranean ports as well as those in the US, Canada and Mexico. The base-plan port rotations of the 31 services will be as follows:
Asia and North Europe - FE 1: Kobe, Nagoya, Shimizu, Tokyo, Southeast Asia hub, Jeddah, Rotterdam, Hamburg, UK, Le Havre, Southeast Asia hub, Kobe.
FE 2: Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub, west Mediterranean hub, UK, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, west Med hub, Arabian Gulf hub, South China/Hong Kong, Qingdao, Xingang.
FE 3: South China/Hong Kong, Xiamen, Kaohsiung, South China/Hong Kong, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, UK, east Med hub, Southeast Asia hub, South China/Hong Kong.
FE 4: Pusan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, UK, South China/Hong Kong, Pusan.
FE 5: Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Southeast Asia hub, Colombo, Rotterdam, Hamburg, UK, Antwerp, Jeddah, Colombo, Southeast Asia hub, Laem Chabang.
Asia and the Mediterranean - MD 1: Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub, east Med hub, Barcelona, Valencia, Fos, Genoa, east Med hub, Southeast Asia hub, South China/Hong Kong, Qingdao.
MD 2: Pusan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Kaohsiung, South China/Hong Kong , Southeast Asia hub, Jeddah, La Spezia, Genoa, Barcelona, Valencia, Southeast Asia hub, South China/Hong Kong, Pusan.
MD 3: Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub, Jeddah, east Med hub, Ashdod, east Med hub, Istanbul (Ambarli), Izmir, Mersin, east Med hub, Jeddah, Southeast Asia hub, Kaohsiung, Pusan.
Asia and the Middle East - AGX: Pusan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub, Arabian Gulf Hub, Dammam, Jubail, Arabian Gulf Hub, Southeast Asia hub, Ningbo, Pusan.
Transpacific, west coast - PN 1: Qingdao, Shanghai, Nagoya, Tokyo, Pacific north-west (US), Pacific north-west (CA), Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Qingdao.
PN 2: Southeast Asia hub, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, South China/Hong Kong, Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Pacific north-west (CA/US), Pacific north-west (CA/US), Tokyo, Kobe, Kaohsiung, Southeast Asia hub.
PN 3: South China/Hong Kong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Pacific north-west (CA), Pacific north-west (US), Pusan, South China/Hong Kong.
PS 1: Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Sendai, Pacific south-west (US), Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe.
PS 2: Kobe, Nagoya, Shimizu, Tokyo, Pacific south-west (US), Tokyo, Kobe.
PS 3: Southeast Asia hub, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, South China/Hong Kong, Pacific south-west (US), Tokyo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub.
PS 4: South China/Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Pacific south-west (US), Keelung, Kaohsiung, South China/Hong Kong.
PS 5: Shanghai, Ningbo, Pacific south-west (US), Shanghai.
PS 6: Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Pacific south-west (US), Pusan, Qingdao.
PS 7: Xiamen, South China/Hong Kong, Pacific south-west (US), Xiamen.
PS 8: Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Pusan, Pacific south-west (US), Pusan, Dalian.
Transpacific, east coast (via Panama and Suez) - EC 1: Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Tokyo, (Panama Canal), Caribbean Hub, south Atlantic (US), Norfolk, Miami (Seasonal), Caribbean hub, (Panama Canal), Balboa, Pacific south-west (US), Tokyo, Kobe, Ningbo.
EC 2: Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, (Panama Canal), New York, Boston, south Atlantic (US), (Panama Canal), Pusan, Qingdao.
EC 3: Kaohsiung, Xiamen, South China/Hong Kong, Shanghai, (Panama Canal), south Atlantic (US), Norfolk, (Panama Canal), Balboa, Pusan, Kaohsiung.EC 4: Kaohsiung, South China/Hong Kong, Cai Mep, Southeast Asia Hub, (Suez Canal), New York, Norfolk, south Atlantic (US), (Suez Canal), southeast Asia hub, Kaohsiung.
EC 5: Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Southeast Asia Hub, Colombo, (Suez Canal), Halifax, New York, south Atlantic (US), Norfolk, Halifax, (Suez Canal), Arabian Gulf Hub, southeast Asia hub, Laem Chabang.
Transatlantic - AL 1: Bremerhaven, Antwerp, UK, Norfolk, Philadelphia, New York, Halifax, Bremerhaven.
AL 2: UK, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, New York, south Atlantic (US), UK.
AL 3: Antwerp, Bremerhaven, UK, south Atlantic (US), Port Everglades, Houston, south Atlantic (US), Norfolk, Antwerp.
AL 4: UK, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Veracruz, Altamira, Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, UK.
AL 5: UK, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Le Havre, south Atlantic (US), Caribbean Hub, Pacific south-west (US), Pacific north-west (US), Pacific north-west (CA), Pacific south-west (US), Balboa, Caribbean hub, south Atlantic (US), UK.
AL 6: Livorno, La Spezia, Genoa, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, west Med Hub, Halifax, New York, Norfolk, south Atlantic (US), west Med Hub, Valencia, Livorno.
The service network of THE Alliance is expected to cover 24 ports in Asia including ten Chinese and five Japanese ports with direct calls as well as 20 ports in the US and Canada, six north European and 13 Mediterranean ports, six ports in the Middle East and six ports in Central America/Caribbean.
"The product of THE Alliance is a milestone which will significantly improve the service offering for all shippers on the east-west trade lanes," said the member carriers Hapag-Lloyd, "K" Line, MOL, NYK and Yang Ming in a statement.
Subject to the completion of regulatory requirements, the combined network of 31 services would connect 75 major ports throughout Asia, North Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Indian Sub-continent and the Middle East with "fast transit times and a wide range of direct port-port-connections," it said.
The product of THE Alliance will feature eight services in the Asia-Europe trade including three services covering the Mediterranean market. One dedicated service will cater for customers in the Middle East, connecting the key ports of China, South Korea and Southeast Asia with Dammam, Jubail and an Arabian Gulf hub port.
Sixteen joint services will be operated by THE Alliance members on the Transpacific trade. Six loops will serve the North Atlantic trade covering a wide range of North European and Mediterranean ports as well as those in the US, Canada and Mexico. The base-plan port rotations of the 31 services will be as follows:
Asia and North Europe - FE 1: Kobe, Nagoya, Shimizu, Tokyo, Southeast Asia hub, Jeddah, Rotterdam, Hamburg, UK, Le Havre, Southeast Asia hub, Kobe.
FE 2: Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub, west Mediterranean hub, UK, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Le Havre, west Med hub, Arabian Gulf hub, South China/Hong Kong, Qingdao, Xingang.
FE 3: South China/Hong Kong, Xiamen, Kaohsiung, South China/Hong Kong, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, UK, east Med hub, Southeast Asia hub, South China/Hong Kong.
FE 4: Pusan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, UK, South China/Hong Kong, Pusan.
FE 5: Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Southeast Asia hub, Colombo, Rotterdam, Hamburg, UK, Antwerp, Jeddah, Colombo, Southeast Asia hub, Laem Chabang.
Asia and the Mediterranean - MD 1: Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub, east Med hub, Barcelona, Valencia, Fos, Genoa, east Med hub, Southeast Asia hub, South China/Hong Kong, Qingdao.
MD 2: Pusan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Kaohsiung, South China/Hong Kong , Southeast Asia hub, Jeddah, La Spezia, Genoa, Barcelona, Valencia, Southeast Asia hub, South China/Hong Kong, Pusan.
MD 3: Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub, Jeddah, east Med hub, Ashdod, east Med hub, Istanbul (Ambarli), Izmir, Mersin, east Med hub, Jeddah, Southeast Asia hub, Kaohsiung, Pusan.
Asia and the Middle East - AGX: Pusan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub, Arabian Gulf Hub, Dammam, Jubail, Arabian Gulf Hub, Southeast Asia hub, Ningbo, Pusan.
Transpacific, west coast - PN 1: Qingdao, Shanghai, Nagoya, Tokyo, Pacific north-west (US), Pacific north-west (CA), Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Qingdao.
PN 2: Southeast Asia hub, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, South China/Hong Kong, Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Pacific north-west (CA/US), Pacific north-west (CA/US), Tokyo, Kobe, Kaohsiung, Southeast Asia hub.
PN 3: South China/Hong Kong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Pacific north-west (CA), Pacific north-west (US), Pusan, South China/Hong Kong.
PS 1: Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Sendai, Pacific south-west (US), Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe.
PS 2: Kobe, Nagoya, Shimizu, Tokyo, Pacific south-west (US), Tokyo, Kobe.
PS 3: Southeast Asia hub, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, South China/Hong Kong, Pacific south-west (US), Tokyo, South China/Hong Kong, Southeast Asia hub.
PS 4: South China/Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Pacific south-west (US), Keelung, Kaohsiung, South China/Hong Kong.
PS 5: Shanghai, Ningbo, Pacific south-west (US), Shanghai.
PS 6: Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Pacific south-west (US), Pusan, Qingdao.
PS 7: Xiamen, South China/Hong Kong, Pacific south-west (US), Xiamen.
PS 8: Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Pusan, Pacific south-west (US), Pusan, Dalian.
Transpacific, east coast (via Panama and Suez) - EC 1: Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Tokyo, (Panama Canal), Caribbean Hub, south Atlantic (US), Norfolk, Miami (Seasonal), Caribbean hub, (Panama Canal), Balboa, Pacific south-west (US), Tokyo, Kobe, Ningbo.
EC 2: Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, (Panama Canal), New York, Boston, south Atlantic (US), (Panama Canal), Pusan, Qingdao.
EC 3: Kaohsiung, Xiamen, South China/Hong Kong, Shanghai, (Panama Canal), south Atlantic (US), Norfolk, (Panama Canal), Balboa, Pusan, Kaohsiung.EC 4: Kaohsiung, South China/Hong Kong, Cai Mep, Southeast Asia Hub, (Suez Canal), New York, Norfolk, south Atlantic (US), (Suez Canal), southeast Asia hub, Kaohsiung.
EC 5: Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Southeast Asia Hub, Colombo, (Suez Canal), Halifax, New York, south Atlantic (US), Norfolk, Halifax, (Suez Canal), Arabian Gulf Hub, southeast Asia hub, Laem Chabang.
Transatlantic - AL 1: Bremerhaven, Antwerp, UK, Norfolk, Philadelphia, New York, Halifax, Bremerhaven.
AL 2: UK, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, New York, south Atlantic (US), UK.
AL 3: Antwerp, Bremerhaven, UK, south Atlantic (US), Port Everglades, Houston, south Atlantic (US), Norfolk, Antwerp.
AL 4: UK, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Veracruz, Altamira, Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, UK.
AL 5: UK, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Le Havre, south Atlantic (US), Caribbean Hub, Pacific south-west (US), Pacific north-west (US), Pacific north-west (CA), Pacific south-west (US), Balboa, Caribbean hub, south Atlantic (US), UK.
AL 6: Livorno, La Spezia, Genoa, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, west Med Hub, Halifax, New York, Norfolk, south Atlantic (US), west Med Hub, Valencia, Livorno.
The service network of THE Alliance is expected to cover 24 ports in Asia including ten Chinese and five Japanese ports with direct calls as well as 20 ports in the US and Canada, six north European and 13 Mediterranean ports, six ports in the Middle East and six ports in Central America/Caribbean.
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