Gemini Cooperation partners Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will launch a new Asia-Med SE5/AE18 service from November 2026 calling at Shanghai, Xiamen, Tanjung Pelepas, Algeciras, Tanger Med, Algeciras, Xiamen, Shanghai. The service will turn in 9 weeks using the Suez route and will deploy 9 ships of 10,000-14,000 teu starting with the 13,676 teu MAERSK ERDINE at Shanghai on 21 November 2026. The new service replaces the coverage in Algeciras and Tanger that will be removed on their existing NE1/AE2, SE
Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will resume regular weekly sailings on the AGX/FM1 service connecting Qingdao, Ningbo, Tanjung Pelepas, Khor Fakkan, Singapore, Qingdao from 17 October 2026. The AGX/FM1 service has been operating on an irregular basis since May 2026 with its former call at Jebel Ali replaced by Khor Fakkan but will return to a regular weekly frequency under the Gemini Cooperation turning in 8 weeks using 8 ships of 8,000 to 13,000 teu starting with the 8,440 teu MAERSK ATHABASCA at Qingda
Gemini Cooperation partner's current Asia Shuttle 14 (A14)/Bohai Shuttle 5 (BS5) service will be extended to cover the North China ports previously covered by the Asia Shuttle 4 (A04)/Bohai Shuttle 1 (BS1) from 1 October 2026. The extended A14/BS5 will call at Xingang, Dalian, Busan, Xingang, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Xiamen, Busan, Xingang with a new call added at Dalian and a second call added at Busan. It replaces the A04/BS1 service that called at Busan, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang, Busan w
Hapag-Lloyd and Zim will launch a new Asia-South America East Coast 3 (AS3)/ZIM Falcon Service (ZFS) to connect Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Rio Grande, Paranagua, Itajai, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai from 13 September 2026. The service was first announced by Zim on 2 July 2026 and was to be operated exclusively by Zim but the plan has been changed with Hapag-Lloyd joining the service and a revised port rotation that will include a new call at Xiamen and Rio Grande replacin
ONE will withdraw its standalone West India North America (WIN) service that calls at Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Colombo, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Jacksonville, Charleston, Mundra from the end of July 2026. The service currently operates on an irregular frequency with sailings every 10 to 25 days using 6 ships of 6,300 teu to 7,100 teu on a 13 week round trip rotation. HMM, COSCO and OOCL takes slots on the service branded respectively as the IAX, IPE2 and IEX2. The last sailing is scheduled with
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will return to the Suez route on their jointly operated Gemini AE15/SE3 service on a truncated rotation that will call at Qingdao, Kwangyang, Ningbo, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Said Damietta, Colombo, Singapore, Qingdao with calls at Canakkale, Yarimca and Ambarli to be omitted. The revised rotation takes immediate effect with the sailing of the 19,076 teu MAJESTIC MAERSK that has already departed from Qingdao on 8 June 2026 now on its way to the Suez with an unscheduled stop
Hapag-Lloyd has launched a new Poland Germany Express (PGX) service connecting Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Gdynia, Hamburg from 22 April 2026. The service is operated independently by Hapag-Lloyd and turns in 14 days using the 2,824 teu AS CLAUDIA and 2,826 teu IRENES REMEDY. It replaces the former Poland Germany Shuttle (PGS) that is operated together with Maersk as part of the Gemini Cooperation's Europe Shuttle 16, calling the same rotation without the call at Bremerhaven.
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have amended their Gemini Cooperation Agreement to modify the timing of discussions regarding potential seasonal blank sailings with the new arrangement taking effect from March 2026. Under the previous terms of the agreement that started from 1 February 2025, the 2 carriers are authorised to blank sailings only during Chinese New Year or Chinese Golden Week provided such agreement is reached no later than 12 weeks prior to the scheduled date of the sailing. The revised
Gemini Cooperation partners Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will launch a new Far East-Med-Red Sea SE4/AE19 service via the Cape of Good Hope calling at Xingang, Qingdao, Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Tanjung Pelepas, Tangier Med, Port Said, Jeddah, Tangier Med, Singapore, Xingang from 13 March 2026. The service will cater to high demand to the Red Sea due to the Iran crisis that started on 28 February 2028. The service will turn in 16 weeks and will deploy up to 16 ships of 10,000 to 13,000 teu from Maersk
Hapag-Lloyd announced on 16 February an agreement to acquire ZIM, through a structure that involves the Israeli private equity investor FIMI Opportunity Funds. The completion of the transaction will be subject to agreement by the Israeli government as well as additional regulatory approvals and the consent of the shareholders’ meeting of ZIM. The announcement follows leaks by Israeli media over the weekend with Hapag-Lloyd confirming on 15 February that it is in advanced discussions to acquire