While next year the other two main alliances global operations in the maritime transport sector containerized vessels, 2M and THE Alliance, will modify their the third primary cooperation between global carriers, the OCEAN Alliance, has extended its validity by five years of the agreement between the four carriers that compose it: French CMA CGM, China's COSCO Shipping and its subsidiary OOCL, and the Taiwanese Evergreen. The renewal of the agreement, signed today by partners, extends its deadline which has been in place since April 2017 until 31 March 2032.

Currently, the fleet of the OCEAN Alliance consists of from 1,338 container ships for a cargo capacity total of 8.4 million TEUs, of which 43% provided by CMA CGM, 37% from COSCO and 20% from Evergreen. In addition, the alliance has a Orderbook of around 1,550 container ships for additional capacity equal to 2.7 million TEUs, of which 41% of the capacity ordered by CMA CGM, 30% by Evergreen and 29% by the Chinese group COSCO.

Recall that the 2M alliance, which is currently made up of the world's top two carriers, MSC and Maersk, will remain in force until January 2025. The month The Gemini Cooperation alliance will come into force formed by Maersk itself with Hapag-Lloyd. The latter will leave THE Alliance, which currently sees it HMM, ONE and Yang Ming. To date, the capacity hold capacity offered by 2M is 9.9 million TEUs, while the one offered by THE Alliance is equal to 5.3 million TEUs.