Hot on the heels of HMM announcing its return to the Trans-Atlantic, OOCL has announced service upgrades from February 2025.
OOCL, in conjunction with COSCO, CMA CGM, Evergreen and ONE, will operate a three North Europe Trans-Atlantic service loop cooperation.
These three Trans-Atlantic services will have competitive and reliable products between North Europe and North America East Coast/Gulf with comprehensive and unique coverage of 14 ports.
The port rotations for the new services are as follows:
ATE1 - Atlantic East Coast 1
Southampton - Antwerp - Rotterdam - Bremerhaven - Le Havre - New York - Norfolk - Baltimore - Southampton
ATE2 - Atlantic East Coast 2
Le Havre - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Bremerhaven - Charleston - Savannah - Le Havre
ATG - Atlantic Mexico/Gulf Coast
Southampton - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Bremerhaven - Veracruz - Altamira - Houston - New Orleans – Southampton
In addition, OOCL will offer direct coverage from North Europe to US West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Oakland via a separate slot charter agreement.
The port rotations for this service are as follows:
ATW - Atlantic West Coast
Southampton - Le Havre - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Miami - Los Angeles - Oakland – Southampton