News / Ocean Alliance unveils 2021 network – 'fewer and smaller changes'

Container ship Callisto docked in the port, Birzebbuga, Malta, Europe.

The Ocean Alliance is set to increase capacity on its global deepsea services by around 9% this year.

Member lines CMA CGM, Cosco, OOCL and Evergreen have signed-off the 2021 network.

CMA CGM said Day 5, the new network arrangement launching in April, would see 333 vessels offering a combined capacity of some 4.1m teu across 39 services.

This compares with the current Day 4 network’s 325 vessels with capacity of 3.76m teu.

However, other than the capacity upgrade, there is very little change, leading ...