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