OOCL has launched the second phase of its range of OCEAN Alliance products, effective from April 2018.

The alliance introduced its Day One products earlier this year.

According to OOCL, the upgraded network will include more than 40 services deploying approximately 340 container vessels with an estimated total capacity of 3.6 million TEUs, and will feature improvements in areas such as service coverage, port pair connections, transit times, schedule reliability and operational efficiency.

“The progress that we have made since Day One has been most positive and we are very excited and confident with our direction forward in the second phase of products that we have developed,” said Andy Tung, chief executive officer of OOCL. “We will continue building on our strengths and performance levels to win the vote of confidence from our customers and pave way to a stronger and more competitive position in the market.”

Changes include direct services for northern China and the Baltic Sea, a revamped Gulf and Mexico service and a new service for the South Atlantic.

In the trans-Pacific network, OOCL will offer 16 services as follows.

Pacific Southwest

Pacific China Central 1 [PCC1]: Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Long Beach – Pusan – Ningbo

Pacific China Central 2 [PCC2]: Dalian – Lianyungang – Shanghai – Ningbo – Long Beach – Seattle – Dalian

Pacific China North [PCN1]: Tianjin – Qingdao – Shanghai – Prince Rupert – Long Beach – Oakland – Tianjin

Pacific China South [PCS1]: Fuqing – Nansha – Hong Kong – Yantian – Xiamen – Los Angeles – Oakland – Fuqing

Pacific Vietnam China South [PVCS]: Kaohsiung – Cai Mep – Shekou [subject to change] – Hong Kong – Yantian – Kaohsiung – Long Beach – Kaohsiung

South East Asia Pendulum [SEAP-PSW]: Port Kelang – Singapore – Jakarta – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Los Angeles – Oakland – Hong Kong – Cai Mep – Singapore – Port Kelang – Colombo – [SEAP-USEC]

Pacific Northwest

Pacific North West 1 [PNW1]: Shekou – Hong Kong – Yantian – Kaohsiung – Vancouver – Seattle – Pusan – Kaohsiung – Shekou

Pacific North West 2 [PNW2]: Yantian – Xiamen – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Seattle – Vancouver – Yantian

Pacific North West 3 [PNW3]: Yantian – Kaohsiung – Shanghai – Ningbo – Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Osaka – Qingdao – Yantian

Pacific North West 4 [PNW4]: Singapore – Cai Mep – Hong Kong – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai – Prince Rupert – Vancouver – Shanghai – Ningbo – Nansha – Singapore – [MEA5]

Asia-East Coast North America and US Gulf

East Coast China 1 [ECC1]: Xiamen – Hong Kong – Yantian – Kaohsiung – |PAN| – Colon – Savannah – Baltimore [subject to change] – Norfolk [subject to change] – New York – Xiamen

East Coast China 2 [ECC2]: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – |PAN| – Colon – Savannah – Charleston – Boston – New York – Colon – Qingdao

East Coast Express 1 [ECX1]: Xiamen – Hong Kong – Yantian – Shanghai – |PAN |– Colon – New York – Savannah – Charleston – Xiamen

East Coast Express 2 [ECX2]: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – |PAN| – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Qingdao

South East Asia Pendulum [SEAP-USEC]: Hong Kong – Cai Mep – Singapore – Port Kelang – Colombo – |SUZ|– Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Charleston – Port Kelang – Singapore – Jakarta – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – [SEAP-PSW]

Gulf Coast China 1 [GCC1]: Singapore – Hong Kong – Shekou – Shanghai – Ningbo – Pusan –  |PAN| – Houston – Mobile – New Orleans – Miami – Jacksonville – Singapore

The trans-Atlantic network will consist of services as follows.

Atlantic Mediterranean Express [ATM1]: Malta – Salerno – Livorno – Genoa – Fos – Barcelona – Valencia – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Miami – Algeciras – Malta

Atlantic East Coast Express 1 [ATE1]: Southampton – Antwerp – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Le Havre – New York – Baltimore – Norfolk – Charleston – Southampton

Atlantic Gulf Express [ATG1]: Le Havre – Antwerp – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Miami – Veracruz – Altamira – Houston – New Orleans – Le Havre

Atlantic East Coast Express 2 [ATE2]: Southampton – Le Havre – Antwerp – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Charleston – Savannah – Miami – New York – Southampton

On the Asia-Europe trade lane, there will be 11 services as follows.

Asia-North Europe

Loop 1 [LL1]: Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Yantian – Singapore – Felixstowe – Rotterdam – Gdansk – Wilhelmshaven – Felixstowe – Singapore – Yantian – Shanghai

Loop 2 [LL2]: Xingang – Dalian – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Singapore – Piraeus – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Shanghai – Xingang

Loop 3 [LL3]: Ningbo – Shanghai - Hong Kong – Nansha – Shekou – Tanjung Pelepas – Port Kelang – Piraeus – Antwerp – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Zeebrugge – Piraeus - Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Hong Kong – Ningbo

Loop 4 [LL4]: Xingang – Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Yantian – Singapore – Algeciras – Southampton – Dunkirk – Hamburg – Rotterdam - Southampton – Le Havre – Khor Fakkan – Port Kelang – Xiamen – Xingang

Loop 5 [LL5]: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Yantian – Cai Mep – Singapore – Le Havre – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Le Havre – Malta – Jeddah – Nansha – Qingdao

Loop 6 [LL6]: Kaohsiung – Ningbo – Shanghai – Taipei – Yantian – Colombo – Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Hamburg – Rotterdam – Colombo – Kaohsiung

Asia-Mediterranean

Asia-West Mediterranean 1 [WM1]: Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Singapore – Piraeus – La Spezia – Genoa – Fos – Valencia – Piraeus – Jeddah – Colombo – Singapore – Hong Kong – Qingdao

Asia-West Mediterranean 2 [WM2]: Qingdao – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Nansha – Yantian – Singapore – Malta – Barcelona – Valencia – Fos – Genoa - Malta – Beirut – Jeddah – Jebel Ali – Port Kelang – Xiamen – Qingdao

Asia-Adriatic Sea [AAS]: Shanghai – Ningbo – Pusan – Shekou – Singapore – Port Said East – Malta – Koper – Trieste – Rijeka – Venice – Koper – Malta – Damietta – Jeddah – Port Kelang – Shekou – Shanghai

Asia-East Mediterranean and Black Sea [EM1]: Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Xiamen – Shekou – Singapore – Port Said West – Beirut – Piraeus – Istanbul Evyap (Izmit) – Istanbul Ambarli (Avcilar) – Constanza – Odessa – Istanbul Ambarli (Avcilar) – Mersin – Port Said West – Jeddah – Port Kelang – Pusan

Asia-East Mediterranean [EM2]: Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Taipei – Yantian – Shekou – Singapore – Tanjung Pelepas – Ashdod – Haifa  – Alexandria – Piraeus – Jeddah – Tanjung Pelepas – Shekou – Kaohsiung – Qingdao

There will be two services between Asia and the Red Sea.

Asia-Red Sea 1 [RS1]: Xingang – Qingdao - Pusan – Ningbo – Nansha – Shekou - Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Jeddah – Sokhna – Aqaba – Jeddah – Port Kelang – Singapore – Shanghai – Ningbo – Xingang

Asia-Red Sea 2 [RS2]: Shanghai – Ningbo – Taipei – Xiamen – Shekou – Singapore – Colombo [trial call one cycle] – Djibouti – Jeddah – Sokhna – Aqaba – Djibouti – Shanghai

OOCL will also offer five Asia-Middle East services as follows.

Asia-Middle East 1 [ME1]: Xingang – Dalian – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Khor Al Fakkan – Jebel Ali – Sohar – Port Kelang – Singapore – Shekou – Xingang

Asia-Middle East 2 [ME2]: Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Hamad – Dammam – Jubail – Singapore – Qingdao

Asia-Middle East 3 [ME3]: Lianyungang – Qingdao – Ningbo – Hong Kong – Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Bahrain – Dammam – Abu Dhabi – Port Kelang – Nansha – Lianyungang

Asia-Middle East 4 [ME4]: Shanghai – Ningbo – Taipei – Shekou – Tanjung Pelepas – Port Kelang – Jebel Ali – Bandar Abbas - Port Kelang – Hong Kong – Shanghai

Asia-Middle East 5 [ME5]: Shanghai – Ningbo – Nansha – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Abu Dhabi – Dammam – Singapore – Cai Mep – Hong Kong – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai

The OCEAN Alliance, consisting of CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping Lines, Evergreen Line and OOCL, began operations in April 2017.