Ocean Network Express (ONE), Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), and Yang Ming Marine Transportation have announced their continuous partnership under the moniker “Premier Alliance”.
The Premier Alliance will be effective for five years starting in February 2025, coinciding with the launch of the new Gemini Cooperation by Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk.
The partnership will provide mainline services with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) across East-West tradelines, including Asia-North America West Coast, Asia-North America East Coast, Asia-Mediterranean, Asia-North Europe, and Asia-Middle East.
Jeremy Nixon, CEO of ONE, said: “Collectively this new tripartite alliance will offer strong, reliable and highly dependable end-to-end direct port container services to its customers on both the Transpacific and Asia-Europe trades.”
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Kim, Kyung Bae, CEO of HMM, stated: “Throughout the new cooperation with MSC in Asia-Europe trade, HMM’s global network leap one step further and we can provide our customers a seamless service coverage around the globe. HMM will keep making every effort to maintain the best qualities in the market”.
ONE first announced the 2025 Transpacific commerce service products in March 2024. As part of this announcement, the Japanese shipping company noted that a detailed update on all services for the key trade routes will be made separately.
