News / Hong Kong port's star status in the alliance universe is on the wane

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Hong Kong’s status as one of the world’s premier container gateways and transhipment hubs is now well on the way to becoming a thing of the past, after its exclusion as a port of call from a range of east-west alliance services.

Last week, the remaining members of THE Alliance – ONE, Yang Ming and HMM – took the novel step of announcing the VSA’s planned transpacific network for 2025, with eagle-eyed liner analysts noting that Hong Kong had been removed ...