Who could replace Hapag-Lloyd in the consortium? containerized maritime THE Alliance after the German carrier will join Denmark's Maersk Line in the new Gemini Cooperation alliance, assuming that the other companies of THE Alliance - HMM, ONE and Yang Ming - look for a fourth partner or Decide on other solutions? In the first case, the ideal candidates would be Taiwan's Wan Hai Lines (WHL) or Israel's ZIM, if the the latter's delicate position in the context of the crisis in the Middle East. Oriente would probably dissuade any shipowning alliance to invite her. This was stated today by Chih-Chien (Bronson) Hsieh, former president of the Taiwanese company Yang Ming Line, which is currently is part of THE Alliance, a Taiwanese media outlet

"ETtoday".

Hsieh believes that at the end of January 2025, when Hapag-Lloyd comes out of it ( of 17 January 2024), WHL, with an order book of 18 13,000 TEU container ship and its status as the eleventh carrier containerised maritime transport worldwide, if it is able to reactivate the scheduled maritime services with Europe could be invited to join THE Alliance.