THE Alliance, which consists of Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and HMM, has announced its updated service network for the next year, which aims to provide increased capacity on trade lanes with inflated demand.
The setup of THE Alliance’s network, which will be in effect from the upcoming April, “has been evaluated and reconfigured to ensure better frequency, more competitive transit times and comprehensive port coverage,” said THE Alliance’s carriers in a joint statement.
The updated service network of THE Alliance will have the following rotations:
Asia and North Europe
FP1 remains as a pendulum of Asia – Europe and Asia – Transpacific West Coast trades
Rotation: TPWC – Shimizu – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Singapore – (Suez) – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Le Havre – (Suez) – Singapore – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – TPWC
FE2 rotation: Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – SPRC – SPRC – Singapore – (Suez) – Tangier – Southampton – Le Havre – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Tangier – (Suez) – Singapore – SPRC – Pusan
FE3 rotation: SPRC – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – SPRC – (Suez) – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Southampton – (Suez) – Jebel Ali – Singapore – SPRC – SPRC
FE4 rotation: Qingdao – Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – SPRC – (Suez) – Algeciras – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Rotterdam – Algeciras – (Suez) – Singapore – Qingdao.
FP2 remains as paendulum service from Asia – Europe – Transpacific West Coast trades with the following rotation: TPWC – Hong Kong – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – (Suez) – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – London Gateway – (Suez) – Jeddah – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Hong Kong – Yantian – TPWC.
Asia and the Mediterranean
MD1 rotation: Qingdao – Pusan – Shanghai– Ningbo – SPRC – Singapore – Jeddah – (Suez) – Damietta – Barcelona – Valencia – Genoa – Damietta – (Suez) – Jeddah – Singapore – SPRC – Qingdao.
MD2 rotation: Pusan – Qingdao – Shanghai– Ningbo – Kaohsiung – SPRC – Singapore – (Suez) – Piraeus – Genoa – La Spezia – Fos – Barcelona – Piraeus – (Suez) – Singapore – SPRC – Pusan
MD3 rotation: Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai– SPRC – Singapore – Jeddah – (Suez) – Ashdod – Istanbul – Izmit – Aliaga – Mersin – (Suez) – Jeddah – Singapore – Kaohsiung – Pusan
Transpacific – West Coast
FP1 remains as a pendulum service of Asia – Europe – Transpacific West Coast trades with the following rotation: Europe – Singapore – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Tokyo – Shimizu – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Singapore – Europe.
PS3 remains as a pendulum service of Asia – Indian subcontinent – Transpacific West Coast trades with the following rotation: Nhava Sheva – Pipavav – Colombo – Port Kelang – Singapore – Cai Mep – Haiphong – Yantian – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Kelang – Nhava Sheva.
PS4 rotation: Xiamen – Yantian – Kaohsiung – Keelung – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Keelung – Kaohsiung – Xiamen.
PS5 rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Tokyo – Ningbo.
PS6 rotation: Qingdao – Ningbo – Pusan – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Kobe – Qingdao.
FP2 remains as a pendulum service of Asia – Europe – Transpacific West Coast trades with the following rotation: Europe – Jeddah – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Hong Kong – Yantian – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Hong Kong – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – Europe.
PS8 rotation: Shanghai – Kwangyang – Pusan – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Kwangyang – Incheon – Shanghai.
PN1 rotation: Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Ningbo – Nagoya – Tokyo – Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Kobe – Nagoya – Xiamen.
PN2 rotation: Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Haiphong – Yantian – Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Kobe – Singapore.
PN3 rotation: Hong Kong – Yantian – Shanghai – Pusan – Vancouver – Seattle – Pusan – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong.
PN4 rotation: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Prince Rupert – Tacoma – Vancouver – Pusan – Kwangyang – Qingdao.
Transpacific – East Coast (via Panama and Suez Canals)
EC1 rotation: Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Shanghai – Pusan – (Panama) – Manzanillo – Savannah – Charleston – Norfolk – Manzanillo – (Panama) – Rodman – Kaohsiung.
EC2 rotation: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – (Panama) – Cartagena – New York – Norfolk – Wilmington – Savannah – Charleston – Cartagena – (Panama) – Pusan – Qingdao.
EC4 rotation: Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Cai Mep – Singapore – (Suez) – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Charleston – New York – (Suez) – Singapore – Kaohsiung.
EC5 rotation: Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – (Suez) – Halifax – New York – Savannah – Jacksonville – Norfolk – Halifax – (Suez) – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Laem Chabang.
EC6 rotation: Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – (Panama) – Houston – Mobile – New Orleans – (Panama) – Kaohsiung.
Asia and the Middle East / Red Sea
AG2 rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Shekou – Port Kelang – Jebel Ali – Hamad – Umm Qasr – Hamad – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Shanghai.
AG3 rotation: Qingdao – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Dammam – Hamad – Jubail – Abu Dhabi – Sohar – Port Kelang – Singapore – Hong Kong – Qingdao.
AR1 rotation: Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Kelang – Jeddah – Aqaba – Sokhna – Jeddah – Singapore – Pusan.
In addition, THE Alliance will be launching the East Coast Loop 6 (EC6), the first service within its network to directly and seamlessly connect the US Gulf with key ports in Asia. This decision is still subject to regulatory authority approval, according to an alliance statement.
Furthermore, THE Alliance members have unveiled their intention to deploy larger container ships for the most frequented services. A representative case is the merger of the EC1 and EC3 services through the use of 13,500TEU vessels.
