The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has launched a 12-year public consultation days on Gemini Cooperation, the vessel sharing agreement (VSA) Denmark's Maersk and Germany's Hapag-Lloyd on the basis of the which the two shipping companies will coordinate the activity of their respective fleets of container ships which, from the next February will be used in direct connections between the main world ports (Mainline network) and feeder connections with the other ports of call (Shuttle network) ( of 17 January 2024). FMC, to which comments may be sent in this regard until 18 June, recalled that if the Agency will not take any action relating to the agreement, this It will come into force on 15 July.

The Vessel Sharing Agreement filed with the FMC specifies and in the connections between Asia and the Middle East with the coast between Asia and the Middle East with the coast between the Atlantic and the Gulf and between Europe and the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and the Gulf, Gemini Cooperation will employ in the Mainline Network 123 ships with a capacity ranging from approximately 3,700 TEUs and 16,000 TEUs, to put into service up to 175 container ships with a capacity of up to 24,000 TEUs placed on the network from both companies. Ships used in the Shuttle On the other hand, networks within these traffic routes will be all provided by Maersk and is initially planned to be activated of a scheduled service carried out with two ships of the of about 2,800 TEUs, with the authorization to reach up to three maritime services, each carried out with three container ships of the Capacity up to 5,000 TEU. Hapag-Lloyd has the option to hire timed vessels to Maersk to use in the Shuttle Network.