World Maritime News (50)
February 22, 2023
Topics regarding the end of 2M Alliance The decision by Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Maersk to end their 2M Alliance will not lead to a breakup of the two other vessel-sharing agreements or spark a round of musical chairs with carriers searching for new partners, according to Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc. Clerc said a way to look at the breakup of 2M was that instead of three major networks on the east-west trades come 2025, and there would now be four — Ocean Alliance, THE Alliance, Maersk, and