G6 Alliance plans transpacific, transatlantic expansion

   The six containership companies that belong to the G6 Alliance are planning to expand their cooperation to the Asia-U.S. West Coast and transatlantic trade lanes. The new services are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2014, pending regulatory approval. 
   The G6 Alliance, which already cooperates in the Asia-Europe and Asia-U.S. East Coast trades, now plans to deploy about 76 ships across 12 services connecting 27 Asian and West Coast ports. Approximately another 42 ships will be deployed across five services including two pendulum services in the transatlantic trade lane, calling at 25 ports covering the East Coast, West Coast, Canada, Panama, Mexico, Netherlands, the UK, France, Belgium and Germany.
   With this step, the G6 Alliance will provide a network comprising all East-West trade lanes, deploying a total of about 240 vessels to connect 66 Asian, American and European ports…