News / Maersk reacts to calmer market and restores standalone transpacific loop

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Maersk and MSC are busy reviewing new standalone east-west service opportunities outside their 2M Alliance cooperation, with just 10 months of the vessel-sharing agreement left to run.

However, the Danish carrier’s decision making will be complicated by its partnership with Hapag-Lloyd in the Gemini Cooperation from next February, whereas for non-alliance participating MSC, its standalone offering will most likely remain as is.

A surge in container imports into the US in February, a slight easing of ...