The maiden voyage ceremony of AG3 of Qingdao Port, Shandong Port Group · THE Alliance, the first Middle East direct route opened by THE Alliance, was successfully held.
The Middle East container route opened this time is the first direct Middle East route opened by THE Alliance in ports of northern China,
Following the opening of the Middle East route, at the end of April, HMM, a member of THE Alliance, will also have a 24000TEU container ship, making its maiden voyage at Qingdao port of Shandong.
THE Alliance is the third largest container liner alliance in the world. Its members include Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network, YangMing Marine and Hyundai Merchant Marine. It has a 26% market share of Asia-Europe routes and a 29% market share of trans-Pacific routes.
Source: Sarah Yu, XINDE MARINE NEWS
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