A New Era For Ocean Freight On The Horizon
February will see a new era for ocean freight when the carrier alliance structure goes through significant changes, where new partnerships are formed and old ones wave goodbye.
Carriers are currently applying the final touches to their vessel sharing arrangements, which go live from February 1st 2025.
The world’s two largest carriers, MSC and Maersk, will officially break up their 2M Alliance and as a result other alliances will reshuffle. MSC will operate their own independent network, while Maersk will enter their new partnership with Hapag Lloyd.
Meanwhile The Alliance (THEA) are rebranding to the Premier Alliance after the loss of Hapag Lloyd.
So, here’s an outline of how the global carrier alliances/ networks will look after the Chinese New Year holiday:
Gemini Cooperation:
Maersk Line
Hapag Lloyd
Ocean Alliance:
CMA CGM
Cosco
Evergreen
OOCL
Premier Alliance:
HMM
ONE
Yang Ming
Independent:
MSC*
*MSC have slot exchanging arrangements with the Premier Alliance on some Asia-European services and with ZIM on some transpacific routes.
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