News / Gateway set to lose Asia-Europe box service as THE Alliance revamps network

Kyoto Express in Southampton Water

London Gateway is to lose one of its much-prized Asia-Europe services next year after THE Alliance partners unveiled their network plans for 2018.

The grouping’s five Asia-North Europe services will remain largely unchanged, other than in the UK where one call has been switched from London Gateway to Southampton.

However, the switch will be profit-neutral for terminal operator DP World, which runs container operations at the two ports under a unified management.

Hamburg and Rotterdam will both retain five weekly calls and Antwerp three, while Southampton ...