Gemini Cooperation, the new Maersk\/Hapag-Lloyd alliance, will open cargo bookings beginning Dec. 3, two months before the official Feb. 1 launch of the network, Hapag-Lloyd confirmed Wednesday.<\/p>\n
February voyages will be available when the booking portal opens, the carrier said in a customer advisory.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs our 2025 network will be fully phased in only after the transition from our current THE Alliance network during 2025, not all Gemini Cooperation voyages might be reflected in our schedule yet,\u201d Hapag-Lloyd said.<\/p>\n
The carrier\u2019s online schedules only cover vessel arrivals at the destination port up to the end of January, just before Hapag-Lloyd\u2019s membership in THE Alliance ends.<\/p>\n
Gemini will provide 56 mainline and shuttle services covering seven east-west trades on a hub-and-spoke network and utilizing about 340 vessels with a total capacity of 3.7 million TEUs.<\/p>\n
The Gemini carriers have continued to tweak the network after releasing the final schedule on Oct. 9, which reflected their decision to choose the Cape of Good Hope option for vessel routings to avoid the threat of militant attacks in the Red Sea. The latest change, announced on Nov. 18, was to shift calls from the UK\u2019s Felixstowe port to London Gateway on three Asia-Europe services.<\/p>\n
MSC updates east-west network<\/p>\n
The news from Gemini came as Mediterranean Shipping Co. released on Wednesday the latest update to its standalone east-west network that will launch in February. The changes feature extra port calls to \u201coptimize our Asia to Europe, US and Canada connectivity,\u201d the carrier said in a customer advisory.<\/p>\n
The biggest difference is MSC\u2019s Mustang service connecting Asia to the Northwest US and Canada will be added to its standalone east-west network. The new rotation will be Xiamen\u2013Yantian\u2013Ningbo\u2013Shanghai\u2013Busan\u2013Seattle\u2013Vancouver\u2013Portland\u2013Busan.<\/p>\n
Other changes include the addition of calls at Vung Tau and Haiphong in Vietnam on MSC\u2019s Pearl and Chinook services; Nansha on its Asia-Europe Lion and Dragon services; Yantian (westbound) and Yokohama in place of Busan on its Swan-Sentosa service; and Busan (westbound) on its Asia-US Orient and Lonestar services.<\/p>\n
MSC has also added a call at Vizhinjam in India on its Asia-Europe Jade service, with Colombo also added to both its Britannia service connecting Asia and North Europe and its eastbound America service between the US East Coast and Asia.<\/p>\n
MSC\u2019s Albatross service will now feature two calls in the UK, with London Gateway added after Felixstowe, which will remain the first call in Europe from Asia.<\/p>\n
MSC said its standalone east-west network together with its existing Asia export services will \u201cprovide unmatched continental trade connectivity with Asia through a vast array of loops, competitive transit times and a high frequency of direct port calls.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source:<\/p>\n
Wallis, K. (2024, November 27). Hapag-Lloyd says Gemini Alliance cargo bookings to open Dec. 3<\/i>. Journal of Commerce. https:\/\/www.joc.com\/article\/hapag-lloyd-says-gemini-alliance-cargo-bookings-to-open-dec-3-5846853<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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