MSC is making significant changes to its East–West services in preparation for the end of its 2M Vessel Sharing Agreement with Maersk in January 2025.
After launching two additional standalone services in July, MSC’s non-2M fleet capacity on the big Asia–North America and Far East–Europe routes now stands at 733,000 teu, which represents 33.2% of its total capacity on the trades.
On Asia–Europe, MSC is now the operator of four loops to North Europe (the 2M ‘Lion’, 2M ‘Griffin’, ‘Sentosa-Swan’ and ‘Britannia’) and three to the Med (the 2M ‘Jade’, 2M ‘Tiger’ and the standalone ‘Dragon’).
Hapag-Lloyd (15.4%) and HMM (28.3%) are the only other alliance members to operate a substantial part of their East–West vessel capacity outside THE Alliance, of which they are currently both members, but this is expected to change as soon as the 2M partnership is terminated and Hapag-Lloyd enters the Gemini Cooperation with Maersk.
Source: Alphaliner
