THE Alliance announces completed product and unveils unique contingency plan
March 09, 2017
Port rotations of 32 services finalized / First contingency mechanism of an alliance for case of financial distress of a partner / More safety for customers' cargo
Tokyo 9 March 2017 - THE Alliance announced its final network after all needed preparations have been finalized. The product starting from April 2017 features fast transit times, a comprehensive port coverage and deployment of modern and most efficient ships. This is thanks to the "best ship for the loop principle" and a dedicated shuttle service design. More than 240 ships will be deployed in 32 services connecting over 75 major ports throughout Asia, North Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Indian Sub Continent and the Middle East with a wide range of direct port-port-connections.
The final port rotations of the total 32 services will be as follows:
Asia and North Europe
FE1:
Kobe - Nagoya - Shimizu - Tokyo - Singapore - Jeddah - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Southampton - Le Havre - Singapore - Kobe
FE2:
Xingang - Dalian - Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Tangier - Southampton - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Le Havre - Tangier - Jebel Ali - Hong Kong - Qingdao - Xingang
FE3:
Hong Kong - Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Yantian - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - London Gateway - Piraeus - Singapore - Hong Kong
FE4:
Busan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Southampton - Shekou - Yantian - Busan
FE5:
Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Singapore - Colombo - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - London Gateway - Jeddah - Colombo - Singapore - Laem Chabang
Asia and the Mediterranean
MD1:
Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Singapore - Damietta - Barcelona - Valencia - Fos - Genoa - Damietta - Singapore - Shekou - Qingdao
MD2:
Busan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Kaohsiung - Yantian - Singapore - Jeddah - Genoa - La Spezia - Barcelona - Valencia - Singapore - Hong Kong - Busan
MD3:
Busan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Singapore - Jeddah - Ashdod - Piraeus - Istanbul (Ambarli) - Izmir/Aliaga - Mersin - Jeddah - Singapore - Kaohsiung - Busan
Asia and the Middle East
AGX:
Busan - Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Shekou - Singapore - Jebel Ali - Dammam - Jubail - Abu Dhabi - Port Kelang - Singapore - Ningbo - Busan
Trans Pacific - West Coast
PN1:
Qingdao - Shanghai - Nagoya - Tokyo - Tacoma - Vancouver - Tokyo - Nagoya - Kobe - Qingdao
PN2:
Singapore - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Kaohsiung - Yantian - Tacoma - Vancouver - Tokyo - Kobe - Kaohsiung - Singapore
PN3:
Hong Kong - Yantian - Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan - Vancouver - Seattle - Busan - Hong Kong
PS1:
Kobe - Nagoya - Tokyo - Sendai - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland - Tokyo - Nagoya - Kobe
PS2:
Kobe - Nagoya - Shimizu - Tokyo - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland –Tokyo - Kobe
PS3:
Singapore - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Hong Kong - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland - Tokyo - Hong Kong - Singapore
PS4:
Hong Kong - Yantian - Kaohsiung - Keelung - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland - Keelung - Kaohsiung - Da Chan Bay - Hong Kong
PS5:
Shanghai - Ningbo - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland - Shanghai
PS6:
Qingdao - Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland - Busan - Qingdao
PS7:
Xiamen - Hong Kong - Yantian - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Xiamen
PS8:
Dalian - Xingang - Qingdao - Busan - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland - Busan - Kwangyang - Dalian
Trans Pacific - East Coast (via Panama and Suez)
EC1:
Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan - Tokyo - (Panama Canal) - Manzanillo - Savannah - Jacksonville - Charleston - Norfolk - Miami (Seasonal) - Manzanillo - (Panama Canal) - Balboa - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland - Tokyo - Kobe - Ningbo
EC2:
Qingdao - Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan - (Panama Canal) - New York - Boston - Wilmington - Savannah - (Panama Canal) - Busan - Qingdao
EC3:
Kaohsiung - Xiamen - Hong Kong - Yantian - Shanghai - (Panama Canal) - Savannah - Norfolk - (Panama Canal) - Balboa - Busan - Kaohsiung
EC4:
Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Cai Mep - Singapore - (Suez Canal) - New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Jacksonville - Charleston - (Suez Canal) - Singapore - Kaohsiung
EC5:
Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Singapore - Colombo - (Suez Canal) - Halifax - New York - Savannah - Norfolk - Halifax - (Suez Canal) - Jebel Ali - Singapore - Laem Chabang
Trans Atlantic
AL1:
Bremerhaven - Antwerp - London Gateway - Norfolk - Philadelphia - New York - Halifax - Bremerhaven
AL2:
London Gateway - Le Havre - Rotterdam - Bremerhaven - New York - Charleston - London Gateway
AL3:
Antwerp - Bremerhaven - Southampton - Charleston - Savannah - Port Everglades - Houston - Savannah - Norfolk - Antwerp
AL4:
Southampton - Antwerp - Bremerhaven - Le Havre - Veracruz - Altamira - Houston - New Orleans - Mobile - Southampton
AL5:
Southampton - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Le Havre - Savannah - Cartagena - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Oakland - Seattle/Tacoma - Vancouver - Oakland - Los Angeles/Long Beach - Balboa - Cartagena - Caucedo - Savannah - Southampton
AL6:
Salerno - Livorno - La Spezia - Genoa - Fos - Halifax - New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Salerno
AL7:
Barcelona - Tarragona - Valencia - Algeciras - Halifax - New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Valencia - Tarragona - Barcelona
Through this robust network, THE Alliance will offer a superior, reliable, efficient, and wide ranging product suite to shippers in the East/West lanes. The partners of THE Alliance will keep monitoring customers' demand and will react to markets if needed.
Furthermore, the members of THE Alliance announced today a new and unique contingency plan in the unlikely event a member of THE Alliance suffers a bankruptcy. The five member lines will establish an independent trustee to manage funds to be used in the case there is insolvency within the group. It is envisioned that the fund will be used to continue alliance operations in the event of insolvency of one or more member lines. The independent Trust fund will guarantee that customers' cargo on board of the affected members' ships will be carried to the port of destination. Customers' reaction to the incident last summer showed a clear demand for such a safety net and the partners of THE Alliance are proud to present the first contingency plan of its kind in liner shipping.