The members of the OCEAN Alliance, Evergreen Line, COSCO Shipping Line, CMA CGM and Orient Overseas Container Line, signed a document entitled “The OCEAN Alliance Day 9 Product”, which sets out the detailed network of the OCEAN Alliance, including the rotation of ports for each service route.
The OCEAN Alliance’s “Day 9 Product” will be launched in April 2025. It aims to use around 390 cargo ships with an estimated total nominal capacity of almost 5 million TEU on 41 weekly service circuits and more than 520 direct port pairs, in order to provide one of the most comprehensive service coverages on the market.
OCEAN Alliance Day 9 Product includes the following routes (loops):
– 7 Far East – North Europe loops
– 4 Far East – Mediterranean loops
– 22 Transpacific loops (including 14 West Coast North America services, 8 East Coast North America and U.S. Gulf services)
– 3 Transatlantic services loops
– 3 Middle East loops
– 2 Red Sea loops
7 Far East – North Europe loops (routes) – 88 direct port pairs
(1) NEU1 (NE1)：
Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Xiamen-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Felixstowe-Zeebrugge-Gdansk-Wilhelmshaven-(Cape of Good Hope)-Singapore-Yantian
(2) NEU2 (NE3)：
Tianjin-Dalian-Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Antwerp-(Cape of Good Hope)-Shanghai-Tianjin
(3) NEU3 (NE7)：
Shanghai-Xiamen-Hong Kong-Yantian-Cai Mep-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Zeebrugge-Felixstowe/
London-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Shanghai
(4) NEU4 (FAL1)：
Pusan-Ningbo-Shanghai-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Tangier-Dunkerque Southampton-Le Havre-Southampton/Rotterdam/
Algeciras-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Pusan
(5) NEU5 (FAL3)：
Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Le Havre-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Antwerp-Tangier-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Qingdao
(6) NEU6 (CEM)：
Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Taipei-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Rotterdam-Felixstowe-Hamburg-Rotterdam-(Cape of Good Hope)-Colombo-
Port Klang-Kaohsiung-Qingdao
(7) NEU7 (CES)：
Tianjin-Ningbo-Shanghai-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Antwerp-Hamburg-Rotterdam-(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Tianjin
3 Transatlantic loops – 39 direct port pairs
(1) NATL(TAE)：Southampton-Antwerp-Rotterdam-Bremerhaven-Le Havre-New York-Norfolk-Baltimore-Southampton
(2) SATL(TAE2)：Le Havre-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Bremerhaven-Charleston-Savannah-Le Havre
(3) MXGULF(TAE3)：Southampton-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Bremerhaven-Veracruz-Altamira-Houston-New Orleans- Southampton
4 Asia-Mediterranean loops (routes) – 103 direct port pairs
(1) MED1 (MD2)：
Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Kaohsiung-Hong Kong-Yantian-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Piraeus-Genoa-La Spezia-Fos-Valencia-
(Cape of Good Hope)-Singapore-Qingdao
(2) MED2 (MEX1)：
Qingdao-Pusan-Shanghai-Ningbo-Xiamen-Nansha-Shekou-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Valencia-Barcelona-Fos-Malta-
(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Qingdao
(3) MED3 (BEX)：
Shanghai-Ningbo-Xiamen-Shekou-Nansha-Singapore-(Cape of Good Hope)-Valencia-Piraeus-Istanbul-Safi-Istanbul-Ambarli-Piraeus-
(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-Shanghai
(4) MED5 (BEX2)：
Shanghai-Ningbo-Pusan-Shekou-Singapore-(Suez Canal)-Alexandria-Beirut-Koper-Trieste-Rijeka-Alexandria-(Suez Canal)-
Jeddah-Port Klang-Shekou-Shanghai
22 Transpacific loops (routes)
– 9 Pacific Southwest loops – 27 direct port pairs
(1) PSW1 (PRX)：Haiphong-Xiamen-Nansha-Yantian-Los Angeles-Haiphong
(2) PSW2 (CEN)：Tianjin-Qingdao-Shanghai-Long Beach-Prince Rupert-Tianjin
(3) PSW3 (PE1)：(USEC3(PE1))-Port Klang-Singapore-Laem Chabang-Cai Mep-Yantian-Los Angeles-Oakland-Yantian-(USEC3(PE1))
(4) PSW5 (CPS)：Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Los Angeles-Oakland-Pusan-Qingdao
(5) PSW6 (PVCS)：Cai Mep-Nansha-Hong Kong-Yantian-Kaohsiung-Long Beach-Cai Mep
(6) PSW7 (HTW)：Port Klang-Cai Mep-Taipei-Kaohsiung-Yantian-Los Angeles-Oakland-Kaohsiung-Port Klang
(7) PSW9 (PCC1)：Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-Long Beach-Pusan-Ningbo
(8) PSW10 (SEA)：Haiphong-Cai Mep-Yangpu-Xiamen-Ningbo-Long Beach-Haiphong
(9) PSW11 (SEA3)：Xiamen-Yantian-Long Beach-Kaohsiung-Xiamen
– 5 Pacific Northwest loops – 24 direct port pairs
(1) PNW1 (NP1)：Yantian-Xiamen-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-Seattle-Vancouver-Gwangyang-Yantian
(2) PNW2-P (PE2)：Yantian-Hong Kong-Ningbo-Shanghai-Prince Rupert-Yantian
(3) PNW2-V (PE2)：Ningbo-Shanghai-Vancouver-Lianyungang-Ningbo
(4) PNW3 (ANP)：(MEA5(ANP))-Kaohsiung-Yantian-Shanghai-Ningbo-Tacoma-Vancouver-Tokyo-Osaka-Shanghai-(MEA5(ANP))
(5) PNW4 (PNW1)：Hong Kong-Yantian-Kaohsiung-Vancouver-Seattle-Kaohsiung-Hong Kong
– 8 Far East – East Coast North America and U.S. Gulf loops – 120 direct port pairs
(1) USEC1 (NUE2)：
Tianjin-Qingdao-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-(Panama Canal)-New York-Norfolk-Savannah-(Panama Canal)-Tianjin
(2) USEC2 (SAX)：
Laem Chabang-Cai Mep-Yangpu-Hong Kong-Yantian-Xiamen-Shanghai-(Panama Canal)-New York-Savannah-Charleston-
(Cape of Good Hope)-Laem Chabang
(3) USEC3 (PE1)：
(PSW3(PE1))-Yantian-Cai Mep-Port Klang-Singapore-Colombo-(Cape of Good Hope)- Halifax-New York-Norfolk-Savannah-Charleston-
(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang-(PSW3(PE1))
(4) USEC4 (NUE)：
Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Pusan-(Panama Canal)-Colon-Savannah-Charleston-Boston-New York-Colon-(Panama Canal)-Qingdao
(5) USEC5 (AUE)：
Port Klang-Cai Mep-Xiamen-Kaohsiung-Hong Kong-Yantian-(Panama Canal)-Colon-Savannah-New York-Norfolk-Baltimore-
(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang
(6) USEC6 (PEX3)：
Singapore-Cai Mep-Shekou-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-(Panama Canal)-Houston-Mobile-New Orleans-
(Cape of Good Hope)-Singapore
(7) USEC7 (GME)：
Shanghai-Ningbo-Xiamen-Yantian-(Panama Canal)-Houston-Mobile-Tampa-(Panama Canal)-Shanghai
(8) USEC8 (CBX)：
Port Klang-Haiphong-Yantian-Ningbo-Shanghai-Pusan-Yokohama-(Panama Canal)-Norfolk-Savannah-Charleston-Miami-
(Cape of Good Hope)-Port Klang
3 Far East – Middle East loops (routes) – 30 direct port pairs
(1) MEA1(AMA)：Qingdao-Ningbo-Shekou-Singapore-Abu Dhabi-Jebel Ali-Hamad-Dammam-Singapore-Qingdao
(2) MEA4(ANP)：(PNW3(ANP)-Shanghai-Ningbo-Kaohsiung-Shekou-Port Klang-Jebel Ali-Umm Qasr-Jebel Ali-Port Klang-Kaohsiung- (PNW3(ANP))
(3) MEX5(CMEX)：Qingdao-Shanghai-Ningbo-Nansha-Singapore-Jebel Ali-Abu Dhabi-Dammam-Abu Dhabi-Port Klang-Qingdao
2 Far East – Red Sea loops (routes) – 33 direct port pairs
(1) RES1(FRS)：Tianjin-Qingdao-Ningbo-Nansha-Shekou-Singapore-Jeddah-Sokhna-Aqaba-Jeddah-Port Klang-Ningbo-Tianjin
(2) RES2(RES2)：Shanghai-Ningbo-Taipei-Xiamen-Shekou-Singapore-Djibouti-Jeddah-Sokhna-Aqaba-Djibouti-Singapore-Shanghai
Final Notes:
All of the above services and rotations are subject to further review, depending on market conditions.
Services may be temporarily suspended due to the situation in the Far East (Red Sea).
At the signing of the protocol, it was assessed that the OCEAN Alliance Day 9 Product will bring the largest market share and the widest market coverage.