Ocean Alliance

Just how big are the global container shipping alliances?

chart showing container shipping capacity of alliance members

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The world’s top two container lines —  Switzerland’s MSC and Denmark’s Maersk — have cooperated...

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Ocean Alliance unveils service network for 2023

Ocean Alliance, comprising CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen and OOCL, has announced its service network for the next year, which is expected to launch on 1 January 2023.

The four parties signed the Ocean Alliance Day 7 Product which includes 40 services and an annual capacity of 22.4 million TEUs on major trade routes worldwide.

The initial service network of Ocean Alliance for 2023 will be as follows:

[The following structure and the names of the services have been given by OOCL]

8 Pacific Southwest...

https://container-news.com/ocean-alliance-unveils-service-network-for-2023/

OCEAN Alliance to upsize Transatlantic lane again

The OCEAN Alliance is upsizing its transatlantic service again by replacing four 8,500-10,000 TEU ships with four 11,000 to 14,000 TEU vessels.

COSCO Shipping Lines, CMA CGM and Evergreen Marine Corporation form the alliance.

On 9 December, the 14,000 TEU Tampa Triumph will become the largest vessel ever deployed in the North Europe – US East Coast trade when it replaces the 9,466 TEU Ever Lucky.

CMA CGM, meanwhile, will redeploy the 11,388 TEU sisters CMA CGM Columba and CMA CGM Cassiopeia to the...

https://container-news.com/ocean-alliance-to-upsize-transatlantic-lane-again/

FMC to intensively monitor pricing and capacity tactics of ocean alliances

The independent federal agency of the United States, Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has announced enhanced monitoring of the three global container shipping alliances.

FMC said in its latest statement that “the three global ocean carrier alliances and each of their member companies will now be required to provide enhanced pricing and capacity information.”

The commission noted it will use these uniform data to assess ocean carrier behaviour and marketplace competitiveness.

Below there is the...

https://container-news.com/fmc-to-intensively-monitor-pricing-and-capacity-tactics-of-ocean-alliances/

How COVID transformed trans-Pacific container shipping

Maersk container ship

COVID-driven cargo demand has dramatically altered the trans-Pacific shipping landscape. New data from Alphaliner highlights just how much the Asia-U.S. trade lane has changed over the past two years.

There’s now far more container shipping capacity in the trade than pre-pandemic. Capacity keeps rising, with more new shipping services focusing on the Asia-East Coast lane than Asia-West Coast.

Carrier competition is up, with more players overall and a lower share controlled by the three giant...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-the-pandemic-transformed-trans-pacific-container-shipping

More 2M transpac voyages ‘slide’ as vessels still queue at USWC ports

The 2M partners, Maersk and MSC, have cut two scheduled transpacific calls, but the two lines offer different reasons.
Maersk said today its TP6/MSC Pearl service would ‘slide’ by a week from its 1 February departure date ex-Asia, and the TP2/MSC Jaguar loop would also be delayed by a week from its advertised sailing of 14 February.
The Danish carrier said it was “in view of the accumulated schedule delays” in its …

The post More 2M transpac voyages ‘slide’ as vessels still queue at USWC ports...

https://theloadstar.com/more-2m-transpac-voyages-slide-as-vessels-still-queue-at-uswc-ports/

Ocean Alliance unveils upgraded global service network

The Ocean Alliance, comprising CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL and Evergreen, has announced its latest global service network, which will launch in April with 42 services, 352 container vessels and an annual capacity of 22.4 million TEU on the world’s major trade routes.

The container shipping alliance has published its new Ocean Alliance Day 6 Product, which includes the following services worldwide:

  • Seven Far East – North Europe services

The OCEAN Alliance has seven service loops, including four upgraded...

https://container-news.com/ocean-alliance-unveils-upgraded-global-service-network/

Shipping alliances drop almost 400 port calls in North Europe in five months

Nearly a quarter of the scheduled port calls of Asia-North Europe alliance loops were omitted in the past five months, according to an Alphaliner survey.
The consultant found the three alliances had cancelled 383 calls during the period, attributed to port congestion, throwing the supply chains of thousands of shippers into disarray.
Importers have found their containers off-loaded at ports not in the original shipping plan and subjected to lengthy and fragmented …

The post Shipping alliances...

https://theloadstar.com/shipping-alliances-drop-almost-400-port-calls-in-north-europe-in-five-months/

Berthing challenge for new transpac carriers arriving on the west coast

Matson and Ocean Alliance member containerships arriving at the heavily congested US west coast hub ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are getting worked well ahead of their competitors, according to an Alphaliner survey.
Analysis by the consultant of the transit times of 62 import vessels, taken from the last Asian port of loading to berthing at LA and LB terminals during the two-week period from 5-19 November, ranged from …

The post Berthing challenge for new transpac carriers arriving on the...

https://theloadstar.com/berthing-challenge-for-new-transpac-carriers-arriving-on-the-west-coast/

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