2016年5月13日，一家全新的聯(lián)盟宣告成立，并被命名為THE Alliance，該聯(lián)盟由六家班輪公司組成，分別是赫伯羅特、陽明海運(yùn)、商船三井、日本郵船、川崎汽船、韓進(jìn)海運(yùn)。后來韓進(jìn)海運(yùn)破產(chǎn)，聯(lián)盟只剩下五家。
THE Alliance預(yù)計(jì)將于2017年4月運(yùn)營，合作范圍涉及遠(yuǎn)東-北歐航線、遠(yuǎn)東-地中海航線、遠(yuǎn)東-美國東/西海岸航線、跨大西洋航線、遠(yuǎn)東-中東(波斯灣/紅海)航線。
THE Alliance將提供8條亞洲往返歐洲航線，其中包括3條地中海航線，并有1條航線專營中東地區(qū)，連結(jié)中國、韓國、東南亞地區(qū)重點(diǎn)港口與達(dá)曼、朱拜勒、阿拉伯灣之轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)港口，另有16條越太平洋航線提供亞洲往返北美之航線服務(wù)，聯(lián)盟也將提供6條越大西洋航線，廣泛覆蓋西北歐、地中海往返美國、加拿大、墨西哥的重要港口。
此外，THE Alliance航線服務(wù)網(wǎng)預(yù)期將涵蓋超過24個(gè)亞洲港口(包括10個(gè)中國港口、5個(gè)日本港口)、20個(gè)美國與加拿大港口、6個(gè)西北歐港口、13個(gè)地中海港口、6個(gè)中東港口、以及6個(gè)中美洲與加勒比海地區(qū)港口。
阿拉伯輪船雖沒能出現(xiàn)在THE Alliance成員名單中，但這家班輪公司目前正與赫伯羅特商談合作一事，如果兩家班輪公司最終合并運(yùn)營，阿拉伯輪船在東西向航線投入的部分運(yùn)力將轉(zhuǎn)移至THE Alliance。
最終的32條航線如下所示：
1、亞洲至北歐航線（Asia and North Europe）
FE 1:Kobe – Nagoya – Shimizu – Tokyo – Singapore– Jeddah – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Southampton – Le Havre – Singapore – Kobe
FE 2:Xingang – Dalian – Qingdao – Shanghai –Ningbo – Hong Kong – Yantian – Singapore – Tangier – Southampton – Hamburg –Rotterdam – Le Havre – Tangier – Jebel Ali – Hong Kong – Qingdao – Xingang
FE 3:Hong Kong – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Yantian –Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – London Gateway – Piraeus – Singapore – HongKong
FE 4:Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Rotterdam –Hamburg – Antwerp – Southampton – Shekou – Yantian – Pusan
FE 5:Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore –Colombo – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – London Gateway – Jeddah – Colombo –Singapore – Laem Chabang
2、亞洲至地中海航線（Asia and the Mediterranean）
MD 1:Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian –Singapore – Damietta – Barcelona – Valencia – Fos – Genoa – Damietta –Singapore – Shekou – Qingdao
MD 2:Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Kaohsiung –Yantian? – Singapore – Jeddah –Genoa – LaSpezia – Barcelona – Valencia – Singapore – Hong Kong – Pusan
MD 3:Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian –Singapore – Jeddah – Ashdod – Piraeus – Istanbul (Ambarli) – Izmir/Aliaga –Mersin – Jeddah – Singapore – Kaohsiung – Pusan
3、跨太平洋至西海岸航線（Trans Pacific – West Coast）
PN 1: Qingdao – Shanghai – Nagoya – Tokyo –Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Nagoya – Kobe – Qingdao
PN 2: Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep –Kaohsiung – Yantian – Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Kobe – Kaohsiung – Singapore
PN 3: Hong Kong – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai –Pusan – Vancouver – Seattle – Pusan – Hong Kong
PS 1: Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Sendai – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Tokyo – Nagoya – Kobe
PS 2: Kobe – Nagoya – Shimizu – Tokyo – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Oakland –Tokyo – Kobe
PS 3: Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – HongKong – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland –– Tokyo – Hong Kong – Singapore
PS 4: Hong Kong – Yantian – Kaohsiung –? Keelung – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland –Keelung – Kaohsiung – Da Chan Bay – Hong Kong
PS 5: Shanghai – Ningbo – Los Angeles/Long Beach– Oakland – Shanghai
PS 6: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Qingdao
PS 7: Xiamen – Hong Kong – Yantian – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Xiamen
PS 8: Dalian – Xingang – Qingdao – Pusan – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Kwangyang – Dalian
4、跨太平洋至東海岸航線（Trans Pacific – East Coast (via Panama and Suez)）
EC 1:Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Tokyo – (PanamaCanal) – Manzanillo – Savannah – Jacksonville – Charleston – Norfolk – Miami(Seasonal) – Manzanillo – (Panama Canal) – Balboa – Los Angeles/Long Beach –Oakland – Tokyo – Kobe – Ningbo
EC 2: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan –(Panama Canal) – New York – Boston – Wilmington – Savannah – (Panama Canal) –Pusan – Qingdao
EC 3: Kaohsiung – Xiamen – Hong Kong – Yantian – Shanghai– (Panama Canal) – Savannah – Norfolk – (Panama Canal) – Balboa – Pusan –Kaohsiung
EC 4: Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Cai Mep –Singapore – (Suez Canal) – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Jacksonville –Charleston – (Suez Canal) – Singapore – Kaohsiung
EC 5: Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore –Colombo – (Suez Canal) – Halifax – New York – Savannah – Norfolk – Halifax –(Suez Canal) – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Laem Chabang
5、跨大西洋航線（Trans Atlantic）
AL 1: Bremerhaven – Antwerp – London Gateway –Norfolk – Philadelphia – New York – Halifax – Bremerhaven
AL 2: London Gateway – Le Havre – Rotterdam –Bremerhaven – New York – Charleston – London Gateway
AL 3: Antwerp – Bremerhaven – Southampton –Charleston – Savannah – Port Everglades – Houston – Savannah – Norfolk –Antwerp
AL 4: Southampton – Antwerp – Bremerhaven – LeHavre – Veracruz – Altamira – Houston – New Orleans – Mobile – Southampton
AL 5: Southampton – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp– Le Havre – Savannah – Cartagena – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland –Seattle/Tacoma – Vancouver – Oakland – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Balboa –Cartagena – Caucedo – Savannah – Southampton
AL 6: Salerno – Livorno – La Spezia – Genoa – FOS– Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Salerno
AL 7: Barcelona – Tarragona – Valencia –Algeciras – Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Valencia – Tarragona –Barcelona
6、亞洲至中東航線（Asia and the Middle East）
AGX: Pusan – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo –Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Dammam – Jubail – Abu Dhabi –? Port Kelang – Singapore – Ningbo – Pusan
除公布上述具體航線外，該聯(lián)盟還公布了一項(xiàng)新的、獨(dú)特的應(yīng)急計(jì)劃。為防止聯(lián)盟內(nèi)成員破產(chǎn)及其他突發(fā)事項(xiàng)，聯(lián)盟五大成員將建立一個(gè)獨(dú)立的信托機(jī)構(gòu)來管理基金。目前的設(shè)想是，聯(lián)盟內(nèi)成員一旦有一個(gè)或多個(gè)成員宣布批產(chǎn)，該基金將用于聯(lián)盟維持正常運(yùn)營。該獨(dú)立的信托基金將確保已配載至受影響船舶上的貨物運(yùn)送至目的地?！皩?duì)于去年夏天韓進(jìn)海運(yùn)破產(chǎn)突發(fā)時(shí)間，客戶對(duì)此類保障的需求十分清晰，而該聯(lián)盟的合作伙伴對(duì)于集裝箱運(yùn)輸業(yè)第一份這樣的應(yīng)急計(jì)劃感到十分欣慰?！?/p>
