News / THE Alliance is next new container shipping group to unveil planned services

THE Alliance – Hapag-Lloyd, K Line, MOL, NYK and Yang Ming – have announced their pro-forma east-west tradelane network for April next year.

It follows publication by rival grouping the Ocean Alliance last week and news that the container divisions of the Japanese shipping groups would merge.

THE Alliance said its product, which is subject to regulatory approval, would be characterised by “fast transit times, a broad port coverage and deployment of modern and most-efficient ships”.

It claimed: “Our best ship for the loop principle and our ...