News / Port of Antwerp agrees to MSC terminal transfer and prepares for P3 July launch

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The world’s three biggest container shipping lines will launch P3 Alliance operations in July, provided Chinese regulators approve their vessel sharing arrangement.

Reportedly, the Maersk Line, MSC and CMA CGM network will consist of 27 east-west service loops, have capacity of 2.6 million teu, and, depending on which presentation you read, deploy a fleet of 240, 252 or 255 vessels.

The three presentations nominated ports of call on the loops, but to date the terminals have yet to be advised – no doubt ...