HMM to return to the transatlantic, as ONE teams up with Ocean Alliance

HMM has made good on its promise to return to the transatlantic trade, after a six-year absence. The South Korean flagship carrier today announced thel launch of the TA1 service in ...

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News / New strings attached - shipping shapes up for 2025 with Premier Alliance launch

The structure of the global container shipping alliance next year is set for a further ...

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News / MSC-Zim alliance strengthens, with VSAs 'across multiple trades'

The world’s largest container line, MSC, is joining in an alliance with tenth-ranked Zim across ...

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News / Box lines seek new partners as they target profitable routes

To penetrate more lucrative tradelanes, ocean carriers are looking for vessel-sharing partners outside their main ...

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News / MSC leads a standalone charge, but most carriers need their VSAs

Ocean carriers are opting for more standalone services or slot-swop agreements, with capacity operated under ...

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May 3, 2023• Comments•

News / Transpac shippers struggle to trust carriers now 'learning from their mistakes'

Ocean carriers attending the S&P Global TPM conference in Long Beach this week are owning ...

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Mar 2, 2023• Comments•

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News / What next for Maersk, MSC and the other alliances?

In practice, the 2025 termination of the 2M vessel-sharing agreement (VSA) between Maersk and MSC ...

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Jan 25, 2023• Comments•

News / Hong Kong extends block exemption for VSAs for another four years

Hong Kong’s competition authority today extended its block exemption for vessel-sharing agreements (VSAs) in the ...

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News / A new crisis for Australian exporters, after fires, drought and pandemic

Australia’s agricultural exporters are losing business because of increasing shipping delays and costs, prompting fresh ...

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News / THE Alliance formally adopts HMM as a new member and boosts ‘contingency fund’

THE Alliance members have filed an amended version of their vessel-sharing agreement (VSA), to incorporate new ...

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News / Shippers should be 'careful what they wish for' on block exemption regulations

Shippers should think twice about lobbying the EU to lift the block exemption regulation (BER) ...

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Apr 11, 2019• Comments•

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HMM to return to the transatlantic, as ONE teams up with Ocean Alliance

VSAs Headlines

News / New strings attached - shipping shapes up for 2025 with Premier Alliance launch

News / MSC-Zim alliance strengthens, with VSAs 'across multiple trades'

News / Box lines seek new partners as they target profitable routes

News / MSC leads a standalone charge, but most carriers need their VSAs

News / Transpac shippers struggle to trust carriers now 'learning from their mistakes'

COMPANY NOTICES

News / What next for Maersk, MSC and the other alliances?

News / Hong Kong extends block exemption for VSAs for another four years

News / A new crisis for Australian exporters, after fires, drought and pandemic

News / THE Alliance formally adopts HMM as a new member and boosts ‘contingency fund’

News / Shippers should be 'careful what they wish for' on block exemption regulations

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