Gemini Cooperation introduces new Transpacific service

Gemini Cooperation, a container shipping alliance between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, will launch a new Transpacific service, covering East China and North East Asia to California.

The rotation of the TP9 service will be Xiamen (China) – Busan (South Korea) – Long Beach (US) – Xiamen, with Maersk saying that it will offer improved transit times. The TP9 service is expected to connect Busan with Long Beach in 14 days, and Xiamen with the US port in 18 days.

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Jacksonville port welcomes first Gemini Cooperation vessel with arrival of Maersk’s Seaspan Montevideo

The Jacksonville Port Authority has marked a significant milestone with the arrival of the Seaspan Montevideo, one of the first vessels to call at the port under the new Gemini Cooperation.

This North America Shuttle service, formed through a strategic alliance between ocean carriers Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, provides direct connectivity between Jacksonville, Florida, and Cartagena, Colombia, a key transshipment hub within the expansive Gemini global network. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle ||...

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Ocean lines welcome tariff pause, but is the supply chain ready?

Ocean container lines say they are ready to pivot back to normalized trans-Pacific operations following the 90-day pause in the tariff war between the United States and China.

It’s likely there will be a surge in demand for eastbound vessel capacity on the part of cargo owners, but the outlook is rife with uncertainty.

“We welcome the agreement between the U.S. and China — which sends an important positive signal on the importance and future of global trade,” said a spokesman for German carrier...

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Small parcel exports to be hit by Trump policies

Single shipments out of China will be one of the hardest hit industries as consolidation in containers for single parcels will no longer be exempt from duty, and essentially, customs-free shipments will lose that status on 2 May.

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Gemini shuttles record elite schedule reliability levels in February

In more than 30 years, the domain of the container shipping alliances has always been exclusively on mainliner, deep-sea services, with individual carrier members operating their own feeder services.

Sea-Intelligence notes that the newly launched Gemini Cooperation has taken a different approach to their alliance network design, incorporating a hub-and-spoke model within their formal alliance, with fewer mainliner calls and an increased focus on transshipment via shuttles.

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Boxship chartering interest turns to feeder vessels

With almost all larger boxships having been snapped up in the charter market, shipping lines are turning their attention to the smaller ships.

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DP World London Gateway welcomes first Gemini vessel

DP World London Gateway has received its first vessel under the new agreement with the Gemini Cooperation, a partnership between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd.

Maersk Stadelhorn is the first ship to call at London Gateway as part of this agreement. The vessel is deployed on Gemini’s ME2 / IEX India-Europe service, departing the UK for ports including Hamburg, Tanger Med, Colombo, Kamarajar, Algeciras, and Rotterdam.

The Gemini Cooperation initially achieved an industry-leading 90% service reliability...

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Gemini to facilitate return to JIT deliveries

Improvements in the reliability of scheduling offered by the Gemini Cooperation on their new hub and spoke services could see a return to just-in-time (JIT) deliveries, allowing shippers to reduce inventories and costs, according to Danny Smolders, Managind Director of Global Sales at Hapag-Lloyd.

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Maersk’s rate-cutting shows flop of Gemini’s reliability promise

Maersk Line has been singled out for aggressive discounts on Asia-North Europe rates, as consultancy Linerlytica suggested that Gemini Cooperation, the Danish carrier’s alliance with Hapag-Lloyd, has failed to convince shippers to pay a premium for schedule reliability.

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Strategic Implications of APM Terminals’ Operations in Salalah, Bahrain, and Aqaba

It is worth exploring APM Terminals and Maersk’s strategic initiative to harness the Gulf region’s expanding economic potential and establish Bahrain and Salalah as pivotal hubs in the global maritime trade network.

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