CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE STUDI CONTAINERS ANNO XXXVIII - Numero APRILE 2020 MARITIME TRANSPORT THE ALLIANCE UNVEILS EXPANDED SERVICE NETWORK FOR 2020 Hyundai Merchant Marine has become a full member of THE Alliance - which already includes Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express and Yang Ming. With the FMC acceptance of Hyundai Merchant Marine membership, THE Alliance us unveiled an upgraded product package that will be launched around April 1, 2020. Last week, the Ocean Alliance announced its Day 4 product which will also start operation in April 2020. The new product package from THE Alliance will offer increasing frequency particularly from South East Asia, as well as new direct port coverage and improved transit times. The upgraded service package includes: A new pendulum service replacing the existing Asia-Europe FE5 and Transpacific PS7 services. This new service will be operated by 18 modern 14,000+ TEU ships and will provide added weekly Transpacific coverage between South East Asia and Southern California, thereby expanding the number of services directly covering this lane to three, in addition to FP1 and PS3. A modified PS3 will offer new direct coverage of Haiphong. Further to the enhanced Transpacific coverage of South East Asia, a new Transpacific loop, PS8, will be inaugurated focusing on Central China and Korea (including new coverage of Incheon). For Asia and North Europe, the group will deploy two 20,000+ TEU vessel services in a newly revised FE2 and FE4 design. THE Alliance outlined its enhanced service network as follows: Asia and North Europe FP1 - From TPWC - Shimizu - Kobe - Nagoya - Tokyo - Sin-gapore - (Suez Canal) - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Le Havre - (Suez Canal) - Singapore - Kobe - Nagoya - Tokyo - To TPWC FE2 - Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Singapore - (Suez Canal) - Southampton - Le Havre - Hamburg - Rotterdam - (Suez Canal) - Port Kelang - Pusan FE3 - Hong Kong - Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Yantian - (Suez Canal) - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Southampton - (Suez Canal) - Jebel Ali - Singapore - Yantian - Hong Kong FE4 - Qingdao - Pusan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Yantian - (Suez Canal) - Algeciras - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Lon-don Gateway - Algeciras - (Suez Canal) - Singapore - Qingdao FE5 - From TPWC - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Singapore - Colombo - (Suez Canal) - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Southampton - (Suez Canal) - Jeddah - Singapore - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Hong Kong - Yantian - To TPWC Asia and the Mediterranean MD1 - Qingdao - Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - SPRC - Singapore - Jeddah - (Suez Canal) - Damietta - Barcelona - Valencia - Tangier - Genoa - Damietta - (Suez Canal) - Jeddah - Singapore - SPRC - Qingdao MD2 - Pusan - Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Kaohsiung - SPRC - Singapore - (Suez Canal) - Piraeus - Genoa - La Spezia - Fos - Genoa - Piraeus - (Suez Canal) - Singapore - SPRC - Pusan MD3 - Pusan - Ningbo - Shanghai - SPRC - Singapore - Jeddah - (Suez Canal) - Ashdod - Istanbul - Izmit - Aliaga - Mersin - Ashdod - (Suez Canal) - Jeddah - Singapore - Kaohsiung - Pusan Asia and the Middle East / Red Sea THE Alliance will provide more details of three Asia - Middle East products in the future. AR1 - Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Shekou - Singapore - Port Kelang - Jeddah - Aqaba - Sokhna - Jeddah - Singapore - Pusan Transpacific - West Coast PN1 - Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Ningbo - Nagoya - Tokyo - PNW - Tokyo - Kobe - Nagoya - Xiamen PN2 - Singapore - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Haiphong - Yantian - PNW - Tokyo - Kobe - Singapore PN3 - Hong Kong - Yantian - Shanghai - Pusan - PNW - Pu-san - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong PN4 - Qingdao - Ningbo - Shanghai - Pusan - Prince Rupert - PNW - Pusan - Kwangyang - Qingdao FP1 - From Europe - Singapore - Kobe - Nagoya - Tokyo - LA/LB - Oakland - Tokyo - Shimizu - Kobe - Nagoya - Tokyo - Singapore - To Europe PS3 - Nhava Sheva - Pipavav - Colombo - Port Kelang - Singapore - Cai Mep - Haiphong - LA/LB - Oakland - Pusan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Shekou - Singapore - Port Kelang - Nhava Sheva PS4 - Xiamen - Yantian - Kaohsiung - Keelung - LA/LB - Oakland - Keelung - Kaohsiung - Xiamen PS5 - Shanghai - Ningbo - LA/LB - Pusan - Shanghai PS6 - Qingdao - Ningbo - Pusan - LA/LB - Oakland - Kobe - Qingdao PS7 - From Europe - Jeddah - Singapore - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Hong Kong - Yantian - LA/LB - Oakland - Japan - Hong Kong - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Singapore - Colombo - To Europe PS8 - Shanghai - Kwangyang - Pusan - LA/LB - Oakland - Pusan - Kwangyang - Incheon - Shanghai Transpacific - East Coast (via Panama and Suez Canals) EC1 - Xiamen - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Pusan - Tokyo - (Panama Canal) - Manzanillo - Savannah - Jacksonville - Charleston - Norfolk - Manzanillo - (Panama Canal) - Panama Pacific Call - Tokyo - Kobe - Xiamen EC2 - Qingdao - Ningbo - Shanghai - Pusan - (Panama Canal) - Caribbean hub - New York - Wilmington - Savannah - Charleston - Caribbean hub - (Panama Canal) - Pusan - Qingdao EC3 - Ningbo - Shanghai - Pusan - (Panama Canal) - Caribbean hub - Savannah - Norfolk - Charleston - Caribbean hub - (Panama Canal) - Panama Pacific Call - Pusan - Ningbo EC4 - Kaohsiung - Hong Kong - Yantian - Cai Mep - Singapore - (Suez Canal) - New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Charleston - New York - (Suez Canal) - Singapore - Kaohsiung EC5 - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Singapore - Port Kelang - Colombo - (Suez Canal) - Halifax - New York - Savannah - Jacksonville - Norfolk - Halifax - (Suez Canal) - Jebel Ali - Singapore - Laem Chabang AL1 - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - London Gateway - Norfolk - Philadelphia - New York - Halifax - Rotterdam AL2 - Le Havre - London Gateway - Rotterdam - Hamburg - New York - Charleston - Savannah - Le Havre AL3 - Antwerp - Hamburg - London Gateway - Charleston - Port Everglades - Houston - Savannah - Norfolk - Antwerp AL4 - London Gateway - Antwerp - Hamburg - Le Havre - Veracruz - Altamira - Houston - New Orleans - London Gateway AL5 - Southampton - Le Havre - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Savannah - Cartagena - (Panama Canal) - Balboa - LA/LB - Oakland - Seattle - Vancouver - Oakland - LA/LB - Balboa - (Panama Canal) - Cartagena - Caucedo - Savannah - Southampton. www.maritime-executive.com