The 2M Alliance open new service between Asia and US West Coast, responding to the Hanjin bankruptcy. Both companies from the container shipping alliance, Maersk Line and MSC, will add new loops between China and USA, occupying the opened niche in East-West trades. The both companies will launch the new trans-Pacific services on September 15, which will serve the business, which was previously controlled by defunct Hanjin Shipping and opened new gap in global supply chain.

The Maersk Line new TP1 service will call at ports of Yantian, Shanghai, Busan and Los Angeles/Long Beach. The loop will be operated by six vessels per week, each with capacity of 4,000 TEU.

The MSC new service Maple will call at ports of Busan, Shanghai, Yantian and Prince Rupert. At the service will be deployed six vessels per week, each with capacity of 5,000 TEU.

“We are responding to increased demand in the transpacific. With supply chains disrupted, many customers are approaching us for transport solutions for their cargo. The TP1 service is a stable, long term solution to meet our customers’ needs”, said the head of Maersk Line’s east-west network, Klaus Rud Sejling.

The 2M Alliance is container vessel-sharing agreement on Asia-Europe, trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trades. The largest shipping operators MSC and Maersk Line signed 10-year agreement in 2014, which aims to utilize better capacity and improve synergies.