APL Unveils Maiden Sailings with OCEAN Alliance

As part of the OCEAN alliance, Singapore-based shipping company APL flagged-off the first sailings of the Pacific Gulf Loop 6 (PG6) service bound for Houston from Singapore, and the Far-East Express 1 (FX1) service heading for Southampton from Xingang.

Drewry: New Alliance Networks-Winners and Losers

The Ocean Alliance has the most services at its disposal with a total of 40 loops spread across seven East-West trades, a comparison of new carrier alliances from shipping consultancy Drewry shows.

Six More Carriers to Start Calling at German Wilhelmshaven

Six more container shipping lines will start calling at Germany’s only deep water port, Wilhelmshaven, from April 2017, Bremen-based terminal operator EUROGATE informed.

Alphaliner: Battle Lines on East-West Routes Being Drawn

Although the new carrier alliances will only start operating from April 2017, battle lines on the main east-west routes are already being drawn, after the OCEAN Alliance and THE Alliance unveiled the respective service networks, according to Alphaliner.

Ocean Alliance to Increase US East and Gulf Coast Service

Shipping companies from the Ocean Alliance are looking to deploy increased ocean carrier services from Asia to the US East and Gulf Coast ports starting from April 2017, according to the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC).