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By Mike Wackett
Ahead of the divorce from 2M Alliance partner MSC, Maersk has turned the head of THE Alliance lead line Hapag-Lloyd to form a new long-term operational collaboration.
The ‘Gemini Cooperation’ will start in February 2025.
The agreement represents a u-turn by Maersk, which had said its integrator strategy “did not fit” with vessel sharing, and will come as a shock to Hapag-Lloyd’s THEA partners, ONE, Yang Ming and HMM.
The break-up of the 2M was announced on 25 January last year, shortly after ...
Comment on this article
Frederik deCockBuning
January 17, 2024 at 3:03 pmA bold plan but somewhere it does not fit. there must be more behind this. watch this space !
Theodor Strauss
January 19, 2024 at 2:23 pmGlad to see that Frederik deCockBuning is still following the latest news in the liner business.