Premier Alliance members have announced 11 routes around the Cape of Good Hope, calling on various domestic ports
On September 12, the newly established Premier Alliance announced the latest route network in Asia-Northern Europe, Asia-Mediterranean, Asia-United States East Coast around the Cape of Good Hope.
Premier Alliance members Ocean Network Alliance Shipping (ONE), HMM, Yangming Shipping said that if the Red Sea crisis continues in 2025, in line with the safety of crew, cargo and ships, part of the alliance east-west routes will be around the Cape of Good Hope, the new route network will take effect from February 2025.
It is understood that compared with the previously released route network through the Suez Canal, the number of new routes and the main port of call remain unchanged.
The announcement of the alliance routes involves a total of 11, as follows:
Asia-northern Europe route FP1 (Far East - Pacific 1) Tokyo - Shimizu - Kobe - Nagoya - Tokyo - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Le Havre - (Cape of Good Hope) - Singapore - Kobe - Nagoya - Tokyo FN2 (Far East -- Pacific North 2) Tokyo - Kobe - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Southampton - Antwerp - (Cape of Good Hope) - Singapore - Laem Chaban - Geme - Haiphong - Yantian FE3 (Far East 3) Qingdao - Busan - Shanghai - Xiamen - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Algeciras - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Southampton - (Cape of Good Hope) - Singapore - Yantian - Qingdao FE4 (Far East 4) Shanghai - Ningbo - Kaohsiung - Yantian - Gamme - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Le Havre - Algeciras - (Cape of Good Hope) - Singapore - Kaohsiung - Shanghai FE5 (Far East 5) Qingdao - Busan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Yantian - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Antwerp - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Le Havre - London - (Cape of Good Hope) - Yantian - Qingdao FE6 (Far East 6) Ningbo - Shanghai - Xiamen - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Le Havre - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - (Cape of Good Hope) - Port Klang - Singapore - Lim Chaban - Geme
Asia-mediterranean route MD1 (Mediterranean 1) Ningbo - Shanghai - Shekou - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Damietta - Piraeus - Istanbul - Izmit - Mersin - Damietta - (Cape of Good Hope) - Singapore - Kaohsiung - Ningbo MS2 (Mediterranean Pacific South 2) Busan - Shanghai - Ningbo - Kaohsiung - Shekou - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Tangier - Valencia - Barcelona - Genoa - Foss - (Cape of Good Hope) - Singapore - Lam Chaban - Gamme - Shanghai MD3 (Mediterranean 3) Tianjin New Port - Dalian - Busan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Yalemja - Istanbul - Tekilda - Piraeus - (Cape of Good Hope) - Singapore - Xiamen - Tianjin New Port MD4 (Mediterranean 4) Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Singapore - (Cape of Good Hope) - Aboukir - Gioia Tauro - Genoa - La Spezia - Foss - Valencia - Malaga - (Cape of Good Hope) - Yantian - Shanghai
Asia - America East route EC3 (U.S. East Coast 3) Lim Chaban - Gamme - Singapore - Colombo - (Cape of Good Hope) - Halifax - New York - Savannah - Jacksonville - Charleston - Norfolk - New York - Halifax - (Cape of Good Hope) - Singapore - Lim Chaban
It is reported that the current Red Sea traffic situation has not returned to normal, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched the "Port Watch" (Port Watch) system data, as of September 4, the Suez Canal 7 days of average ship traffic of 30 ships, down 56.52%, the Cape of Good Hope 7 days of average ship traffic of 96 ships, It was up 71.43% year-on-year.