1月16日，THE聯盟成員陽明海運、赫伯羅特、ONE及現代商船公布THE聯盟2020年全面升級服務網絡。將擴大既有服務網絡規模，提升聯盟運力、優化靠港順序、增加航班頻率并減少轉運時間，該服務網絡將于2020年4月前后正式投入運營。

根據通知，現代商船加入聯盟之美國聯邦海事委員會(FMC)報備已正式生效，預計于2020年4月正式成為聯盟一員。此次全面升級優化航線服務網絡，也是為了適應現代商船的加入。

全面升級后，THE聯盟的航線服務網絡，將投入280艘船舶，涉及33條航線，78個港口。

具體而言：

在強化原有航線網絡的基礎上，針對東南亞市場新增了航班彎靠頻率，擴大直靠港的覆蓋率。

新增一條鐘擺航線，借以整合原有的遠東往返西北歐航線FE5及越太平洋航線PS7。該航線將配置18艘14,000 TEU級新型集裝箱船，密集串連美國西岸、東南亞、西北歐及華南等地區，并且于PS3及FP1外，再增加每周東南亞直航往返美國南加州的航班頻率。

PS3也將增靠越南海防，以提供更全面、便捷的服務。

推出了全新的美西南航線PS8，側重服務華中及韓國市場，并為THE聯盟服務網絡增添了韓國仁川靠港。

還在FE2及FE4上配置了20,000 TEU級以上的超大型集裝箱船。

THE聯盟2020年航線網絡如下：

Asia and North Europe

FP1 – From TPWC – Shimizu – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Singapore – (Suez Canal) – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Le Havre – (Suez

Canal) – Singapore – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – To TPWC

FE2 – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore – (Suez Canal) – Southampton – Le Havre – Hamburg – Rotterdam – (Suez Canal) – Port Kelang – Pusan

FE3 – Hong Kong – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Yantian – (Suez Canal) – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Southampton – (Suez

Canal) – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Yantian – Hong Kong

FE4 – Qingdao – Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Yantian – (Suez Canal) – Algeciras – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – London

Gateway – Algeciras – (Suez Canal) – Singapore – Qingdao

FE5 – From TPWC – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – (Suez Canal) – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Southampton – (Suez Canal) – Jeddah – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Hong Kong – Yantian – To TPWC

Asia and the Mediterranean

MD1 – Qingdao – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – SPRC – Singapore – Jeddah – (Suez Canal) – Damietta – Barcelona – Valencia – Tangier – Genoa – Damietta – (Suez Canal) – Jeddah – Singapore – SPRC –  Qingdao

MD2 – Pusan – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – SPRC – Singapore – (Suez Canal) – Piraeus – Genoa – La Spezia – Fos – Genoa – Piraeus – (Suez Canal) – Singapore – SPRC – Pusan

MD3 – Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – SPRC – Singapore – Jeddah – (Suez Canal) – Ashdod – Istanbul – Izmit – Aliaga – Mersin – Ashdod – (Suez Canal) – Jeddah – Singapore – Kaohsiung – Pusan

Asia and the Middle East / Red Sea

THE Alliance will provide more details of 3 Asia – Middle East products in a subsequent PR. Full rotation will also be included in the next PR.

AR1* – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Kelang – Jeddah – Aqaba – Sokhna – Jeddah – Singapore – Pusan

*HMM will not participate on the AR1

Transpacific – West Coast

PN1 – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Ningbo – Nagoya – Tokyo – PNW – Tokyo – Kobe – Nagoya – Xiamen

PN2 – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Haiphong – Yantian – PNW – Tokyo – Kobe – Singapore

PN3 – Hong Kong – Yantian – Shanghai – Pusan – PNW – Pusan – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong

PN4 – Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Prince Rupert – PNW – Pusan – Kwangyang – Qingdao

FP1 – From Europe – Singapore – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – LA/LB – Oakland – Tokyo – Shimizu – Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Singapore – To Europe

PS3 – Nhava Sheva – Pipavav – Colombo – Port Kelang – Singapore – Cai Mep – Haiphong – LA/LB – Oakland – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Kelang – Nhava Sheva

PS4 – Xiamen – Yantian – Kaohsiung – Keelung – LA/LB – Oakland – Keelung – Kaohsiung – Xiamen

PS5 – Shanghai – Ningbo – LA/LB – Pusan – Shanghai

PS6 – Qingdao – Ningbo – Pusan – LA/LB – Oakland – Kobe – Qingdao

PS7 – From Europe – Jeddah – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Hong Kong – Yantian – LA/LB – Oakland – Japan – Hong Kong – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – To Europe

PS8 – Shanghai – Kwangyang – Pusan – LA/LB – Oakland – Pusan – Kwangyang – Incheon – Shanghai

Transpacific – East Coast (via Panama and Suez Canals)

EC1 – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Pusan – Tokyo – (Panama Canal) – Manzanillo – Savannah – Jacksonville – Charleston – Norfolk – Manzanillo – (Panama Canal) – Panama Pacific Call – Tokyo – Kobe – Xiamen

EC2 – Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – (Panama Canal) – Caribbean hub – New York – Wilmington – Savannah – Charleston – Caribbean hub – (Panama Canal) – Pusan – Qingdao

EC3 – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – (Panama Canal) – Caribbean hub – Savannah – Norfolk – Charleston – Caribbean hub – (Panama Canal) – Panama Pacific Call – Pusan – Ningbo

EC4 – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Cai Mep – Singapore – (Suez Canal) – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Charleston – New York – (Suez Canal) – Singapore – Kaohsiung

EC5 – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Port Kelang – Colombo – (Suez Canal) – Halifax – New York – Savannah – Jacksonville – Norfolk – Halifax – (Suez Canal) – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Laem Chabang

Transatlantic*

AL1 – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – London Gateway – Norfolk – Philadelphia – New York – Halifax – Rotterdam

AL2 – Le Havre – London Gateway – Rotterdam – Hamburg – New York -Charleston – Savannah – Le Havre

AL3 – Antwerp – Hamburg – London Gateway – Charleston – Port Everglades – Houston – Savannah – Norfolk – Antwerp

AL4 – London Gateway – Antwerp – Hamburg – Le Havre – Veracruz – Altamira – Houston – New Orleans – London Gateway

AL5 – Southampton – Le Havre – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – Savannah – Cartagena – (Panama Canal) – Balboa – LA/LB – Oakland – Seattle – Vancouver – Oakland – LA/LB – Balboa – (Panama Canal) – Cartagena – Caucedo – Savannah – Southampton

*HMM will not participate on the Atlantic Trade

此前，海洋聯盟也發布了2020年航線產品，共投入約320艘船舶，合計運力約376萬TEU，涵蓋了39條航線。