OCEAN Alliance lines ink OCEAN Alliance Day 9 Product; to be launched in April 2025
Members of the OCEAN Alliance - Evergreen Line, COSCO Shipping Line, CMA CGM and Orient Overseas Container Line – last week inked a document entitled as “The OCEAN Alliance Day 9 Product”, which sets out the detailed OCEAN Alliance network, including port rotation for each service loop.
The OCEAN Alliance Day 9 Product will be launched in April 2025. It intends to deploy around 390 container vessels with an estimated total nominal capacity of nearly 5 million TEUs across 41 weekly service loops and 520+ direct port pairs to provide one of the most comprehensive service coverage in the market.
OCEAN Alliance Day 9 Product includes
* 7 Far East - North Europe services
* 4 Far East - Mediterranean services
* 22 Transpacific services (including 14 West Coast North America services, 8 East Coast North America and U.S. Gulf services)
* 3 Transatlantic services
* 3 Middle East services
* 2 Red Sea services
7 Far East - North Europe Services - 88 direct port pairs
(1) NEU1 (NE1) : Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Xiamen-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Felixstowe-Zeebrugge-Gdansk-Wilhelmshaven-(Cape of Good Hope)-Singapore-Yantian
(2) NEU2 (NE3) : Tianjin-Dalian-Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Antwerp-(Cape of Good Hope)-Shanghai-Tianjin
(3) NEU3 (NE7) : Shanghai-Xiamen-Hong Kong-Yantian-Cai Mep-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Zeebrugge-Felixstowe/London-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Shanghai
(4) NEU4 (FAL1) : Pusan-Ningbo-Shanghai-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Tangier-Dunkerque Southampton-Le Havre-Southampton/Rotterdam/Algeciras-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Pusan
(5) NEU5 (FAL3) : Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Le Havre-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Antwerp-Tangier-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Qingdao
(6) NEU6 (CEM) : Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Taipei-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Rotterdam-Felixstowe-Hamburg-Rotterdam-(Cape of Good Hope)-Colombo-Port Klang-Kaohsiung-Qingdao
(7) NEU7 (CES) : Tianjin-Ningbo-Shanghai-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Antwerp-Hamburg-Rotterdam-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Tianjin
4 Asia-Mediterranean Services - 103 direct port pairs
(1) MED1 (MD2 : Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Kaohsiung-Hong Kong-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Piraeus-Genoa-La Spezia-Fos-Valencia-(Cape of Good Hope)-Singapore-Qingdao
(2) MED2 (MEX1) : Qingdao-Pusan-Shanghai-Ningbo-Xiamen-Nansha-Shekou-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Valencia-Barcelona-Fos-Malta-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Qingdao
(3) MED3 (BEX) : Shanghai-Ningbo-Xiamen-Shekou-Nansha-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Valencia-Piraeus-Istanbul-Safi-Istanbul-Ambarli-Piraeus-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Shanghai
(4) MED5 (BEX2) : Shanghai-Ningbo-Pusan-Shekou-Singapore-(Suez Canal)-Alexandria-Beirut-Koper-Trieste-Rijeka-Alexandria-(Suez Canal)-Jeddah-Port Klang-Shekou-Shanghai
22 Transpacific Services
* 9 Pacific Southwest services - 27 direct port pairs
(1) PSW1 (PRX) : Haiphong-Xiamen-Nansha-Yantian-Los Angeles-Haiphong
(2) PSW2 (CEN) : Tianjin-Qingdao-Shanghai-Long Beach-Prince Rupert-Tianjin
(3) PSW3 (PE1) : (USEC3 (PE1))-Port Klang-Singapore-Laem Chabang-Cai Mep-Yantian-Los Angeles-Oakland-Yantian-(USEC3 (PE1))
(4) PSW5 (CPS) : Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Los Angeles-Oakland-Pusan-Qingdao
(5) PSW6 (PVCS) : Cai Mep-Nansha-Hong Kong-Yantian-Kaohsiung-Long Beach-Cai Mep
(6) PSW7 (HTW) : Port Klang-Cai Mep-Taipei-Kaohsiung-Yantian-Los Angeles-Oakland-Kaohsiung-Port Klang
(7) PSW9 (PCC1) : Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-Long Beach-Pusan-Ningbo
(8) PSW10 (SEA) : Haiphong-Cai Mep-Yangpu-Xiamen-Ningbo-Long Beach-Haiphong
(9) PSW11 (SEA3) : Xiamen-Yantian-Long Beach-Kaohsiung-Xiamen
* 5 Pacific Northwest services - 24 direct port pairs
(1) PNW1 (NP1) : Yantian-Xiamen-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-Seattle-Vancouver-Gwangyang-Yantian
(2) PNW2-P (PE2) : Yantian-Hong Kong-Ningbo-Shanghai-Prince Rupert-Yantian
(3) PNW2-V (PE2) : Ningbo-Shanghai-Vancouver-Lianyungang-Ningbo
(4) PNW3 (ANP) : (MEA5(ANP))-Kaohsiung-Yantian-Shanghai-Ningbo-Tacoma-Vancouver-Tokyo-Osaka-Shanghai-(MEA5(ANP))
(5) PNW4 (PNW1) : Hong Kong-Yantian-Kaohsiung-Vancouver-Seattle-Kaohsiung-Hong Kong
* 8 Far East - East Coast North America and U.S. Gulf services - 120 direct port pairs
(1) USEC1 (NUE2) : Tianjin-Qingdao-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-(Panama Canal)-New York-Norfolk-Savannah-(Panama Canal)-Tianjin
(2) USEC2 (SAX) : Laem Chabang-Cai Mep-Yangpu-Hong Kong-Yantian-Xiamen-Shanghai-(Panama Canal)-New York-Savannah-Charleston-(Cape of Good Hope)-Laem Chabang
(3) USEC3 (PE1) : (PSW3(PE1))-Yantian-Cai Mep-Port Klang-Singapore-Colombo-(Cape of Good Hope)- Halifax-New York-Norfolk-Savannah-Charleston-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-(PSW3(PE1))
(4) USEC4 (NUE) : Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Pusan-(Panama Canal)-Colon-Savannah-Charleston-Boston-New York-Colon-(Panama Canal)-Qingdao
(5) USEC5 (AUE) : Port Klang-Cai Mep-Xiamen-Kaohsiung-Hong Kong-Yantian-(Panama Canal)-Colon-Savannah-New York-Norfolk-Baltimore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang
(6) USEC6 (PEX3) : Singapore-Cai Mep-Shekou-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-(Panama Canal)-Houston-Mobile-New Orleans-(Cape of Good Hope)-Singapore
(7) USEC7 (GME) : Shanghai-Ningbo-Xiamen-Yantian-(Panama Canal)-Houston-Mobile-Tampa-(Panama Canal)-Shanghai
(8) USEC8 (CBX) : Port Klang-Haiphong-Yantian-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-Yokohama-(Panama Canal)-Norfolk-Savannah-Charleston-Miami-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang
3 Transatlantic Services - 39 direct port pairs
*Transatlantic services will be operated through a separate agreement between COSCO, CMA CGM, Evergreen, OOCL, and ONE as from 1st February, 2025.
(1) NATL (TAE) : Southampton-Antwerp-Rotterdam-Bremerhaven-Le Havre-New York-Norfolk-Baltimore-Southampton
(2) SATL (TAE2) : Le Havre-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Bremerhaven-Charleston-Savannah-Le Havre
(3) MXGULF (TAE3) : Southampton-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Bremerhaven-Veracruz-Altamira-Houston-New Orleans- Southampton
3 Far East - Middle East Services - 30 direct port pairs
(1) MEA1 (AMA) : Qingdao-Ningbo-Shekou-Singapore-Abu Dhabi-Jebel Ali-Hamad-Dammam-Singapore-Qingdao
(2) MEA4 (ANP) : (PNW3 (ANP)-Shanghai-Ningbo-Kaohsiung-Shekou-Port Klang-Jebel Ali-Umm Qasr-Jebel Ali-Port Klang-Kaohsiung- (PNW3 (ANP))
(3) MEX5 (CMEX) : Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Nansha-Singapore-Jebel Ali-Abu Dhabi-Dammam-Abu Dhabi-Port Klang-Qingdao
2 Far East - Red Sea Services - 33 direct port pairs
* Temporarily suspended due to Red Sea situation
(1) RES1 (FRS) : Tianjin-Qingdao-Ningbo-Nansha-Shekou-Singapore-Jeddah-Sokhna-Aqaba-Jeddah-Port Klang-Ningbo-Tianjin
(2) RES2 (RES2) : Shanghai-Ningbo-Taipei-Xiamen-Shekou-Singapore-Djibouti-Jeddah-Sokhna-Aqaba-Djibouti-Singapore-Shanghai
(*All the above services and rotations are subject to further revision, depending on market conditions.)
Source : Our Correspondent