The Premier Alliance’s Far East Pacific 1 (FP1) pendulum service connecting North Europe-Asia-US West Coast will be split from April 2026 into 2 separate loops. The Japanese port calls on the FP1 will no longer be offered in the upsized Far East-Europe 1 (FE1) service with larger ships of 13,000-15,000 TEU set to replace the current 9,000 TEU ships deployed on the FP1. Details of the 2 revised loops as follows:- * Far East-Europe 1 (FE1) calling at Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Singapore, Rotterdam,
ONE, HMM and Yang Ming have announced their new 2026 East-West Service network to be operated under the Premier Alliance framework starting from April 2026 with the addition of 2 new Transpacific services on the Pacific Southwest (PSW). Details of the 2 new services as follows: * Vietnam Shuttle Express (VSE) calling at Singapore, Cai Mep, Haiphong, Los Angeles or Long Beach, Busan, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore. * Pacific South 8 (PS8) calling at Qingdao, Ningbo, Los Angeles or Long Beach, Oak
PIL, HMM and X-Press Feeders will jointly launch a new North China Indonesia (NCI/NIS) / North China Java X-Press (NJX) service connecting Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Singapore, Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Xingang from 17 June 2025. The NCI/NIS/NJX service will turn in 5 weeks using 5 ships of 2,500-4,700 teu, initially comprising of the KOTA SEJATI, KOTA SEMPENA and KOTA SABAS from PIL, HYUNDAI UNITY from HMM and ZHONG GU TIAN JIN from X-Press Feeders.
ONE, HMM and Yang Ming will bring forward their Premier Alliance Pacific South 5 (PS5) service launch to 5 June 2025 in anticipation of increased market demand following the Sino-US trade deal that provided a 90 day reprieve on tariffs from 15 May 2025. The PS5 will call at Qingdao, Ningbo, Long Beach, Oakland, Kobe, Qingdao turning in 6 weeks using 6 ships of 6,500 teu starting with the 6,588 teu YM MOBILITY at Qingdao on 5 June 2025. The Premier Alliance PS4 and PS6 service will be revised f
HMM, ONE and Yang Ming have confirmed the suspension of the Premier Alliance PN4 service launch that was originally scheduled to commence in May 2025. The PN4 was supposed to call at Ningbo, Shanghai, Vancouver, Tacoma, Ningbo and the coverage of the affected ports will remain on the enhanced PN3 service that calls at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Vancouver, Tacoma, Busan, Qingdao.
HMM and ONE will launch a new Far East-East Coast South America service from April 2025 to connect Busan, Chiwan, Singapore, Rio Grande, Santos, Santa Catarina, Singapore, Hong Kong, Busan. The service will be branded as the Far East-Latin America 2 (FL2) by HMM and East Coast South America Express 2 (SX2) by ONE. In conjunction to the launch, the 2 partners will also offer a new dedicated River Plate feeder service to connect Rio Grande with Buenos Aires and Montevideo to cater for Argentina a
HMM, ONE and Yang Ming will launch a new India subcontinent-North Europe service connecting Karachi, Hazira, Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Colombo, London Gateway, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Karachi from 5 February 2025. The service will be branded as the India North Europe Express (INX) by HMM, Indian Ocean Express (IOX) by ONE and India Ocean Express Service (ISE) by Yang Ming. It will turn in 11 weeks using 11 ships of 6,000 to 7,000 teu. Port rotation of the new INX/IOX/ISE service
ONE will partner CMA CGM to launch a new North Europe-US West Coast Transatlantic service that are named respectively as the Atlantic 5 (AL5), and California Bridge (CALFB). HMM, Yang Ming, OOCL and COSCO will also participate as slot buyers on the service as the Transatlantic 1 (TA1), Atlantic 5 (AL5), Atlantic West Coast (ATW) and Atlantic West Coast (ELSA). The AL5/CALFB/TA1/ATW/ELSA will call at Southampton, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Miami, Cartagena (Col), Panama Canal, Balboa
Market Pulse Week 48: Zim reported net profits of $1.13 Bn and EBIT of $1.24 Bn for the 3rd quarter of 2024, concluding the reporting season for the publicly listed carriers. Zim’s EBIT margin of 44.7% puts it in 4th place behind EMC, HMM and Yang Ming but Zim delivered the highest annualized RoE of 115% in Q3 2024 - twice that of the second-best performer EMC and more than 4 times more than the industry average ROE of 25%. Market Pulse Week 47: Asian carriers have outperformed their European p
ONE will introduce a new East Coast South America Express 3 (SX3) service from 14 October 2024 through slots on HMM's Far East-India-Latin America (FIL) service. The service turns in 12 weeks and deploys 12 ships of 4,700-8,500 teu from HMM that calls at Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Kattupalli, Santos, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Navegantes, Singapore, Hong Kong, Busan. ONE's slot arrangement will not include the Kattupali call.