Tag: alliance

Maersk announced its intention to move towards a singular, unified brand by integrating Maersk brands such as Hamburg Süd and Sealand, among others.

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk have mutually agreed to terminate, effective in January 2025, the 2M alliance.

According to Sea-Intelligence, as the market strengthened after the initial COVID hit, small carriers started to deploy capacity, especially on the Transpacific trade, while major carriers started to introduce services outside of the alliance networks.

The FIT Alliance, formed by BIMCO, DCSA, FIATA, ICC and SWIFT, issued a survey in June 2022 to gauge awareness and adoption of electronic bills of lading (eBLs), as well as factors that hinder adoption.

The Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub welcomes a new partner, PSA Corporation Ltd (PSA),  to ‘The Silk Alliance’, a cross supply-chain maritime partnership dedicated to the development of a fleet-specific fuel transition strategy for container ships operating in Singapore and the wider Asia region, based on the Hub’s First Movers Framework.

An Illinois shipper is suing Yang Ming and HMM for failing to meet contractual obligations and colluding to benefit from the breach of contracts.

Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub is working with 11 cross-supply chain stakeholders to develop a fleet fuel transition strategy that can enable the establishment of a highly scalable Green Corridor Cluster. 

The three global ocean carrier alliances - 2M, OCEAN, and THE - as well as each of their member companies will now be required to provide enhanced pricing and capacity information, providing the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) with uniform data to use in assessing ocean carrier behavior and marketplace competitiveness.

The European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services (CLECAT) sent a letter to the European Union, calling for an inquiry into the container shipping sector, claiming unfair and discriminatory practice.

Sea-Intelligence notes that currently 35% of the Asia-North America West Coast trade capacity offered is on non-alliance services.