Release date: 2011/12/07

     Maersk after launch a service container day shift course, significantly impact the global liner shipping market, the global top 20 liner companies all dare not neglect. With maersk line in liner industry has always been the enemy of Europe's Mediterranean shipping (MSC) and France as (CMA CGM), yesterday issued a joint statement, said it will cooperation in a wider scope, including asia-europe line, line in Asia and Africa, and Asia to Latin America three routes.

      The two companies said in a statement, this time cooperation purpose is to improve the two companies of their respective performance, expand cooperation, and to provide quality services for all customers. In a number of business partnerships, allowing the ships of the two companies together to use its best, at the same time can increase the number of the affiliated ports and ships shift frequency.

     MSC vice President Diego Aponte headquarters in Geneva, said "we are willing to become partners, on the extensive business cooperation, and two big company unity and cooperation in the next few years. The agreement also provides a new opportunity, can optimize the use of its own fleet, reducing delivery time and improve performance."”

     Rudolph, chief executive of CMA. Caius in marseille headquarters pointed out that "more than 30 years, the two companies at the same trajectory, and we have cooperation on some routes for years. In view of previous experience and the Shared vision of two companies in the shipping industry, decided to establish cooperation relations, determination to reflect on our long-term cooperation, to provide customers a better service."”

      With the "daily maersk"

     According to local senior shipping carriers, two major liner companies cooperation, this time is actually half alliance, similar to the "grand coalition" and the "new world alliance" two ship company alliance, broke the two companies have long non-aligned independently of traditional ideas and practices, this is clearly maersk line on the asia-europe line, with very large vessel planning aggressive day shift "daily maersk" service under the situation, the result of the huge impact to the industry.

     Although the two companies announced not included in the three main line too, but from the development and trends in the future, the two companies by the airline cooperation, sharing space, toward comprehensive alliance, just a matter of sooner or later.

     Because of trans-pacific routes large ships rents is more and more low, liner companies will face more severe challenges. Alphaliner liner companies in this course are expected to cost $300 million, but the personage inside course of study thinks, the loss will be more serious, losses of up to $600 million.