News / Box terminals must wait for details of 2M schedules, ship sizes and the ports of call

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No confirmation of port rotations and vessel sizes has been announced from 2M partners Maersk Line and MSC yet – unlike the detailed presentations which accompanied the rolling-out of the P3 Network last year.

The proposed vessel-sharing agreement (VSA) will include six Asia-North Europe strings and four loops between Asia and the Mediterranean, but if the 2M partners have learned any lessons from the last-minute veto of the P3, it is that they should not get ahead of themselves on planning ...