The shipping consortium THE Alliance has disclosed the starting dates of its new Europe-Asia shipping service, which will be launched next month.

Under the alliance’s North Continent Services, the schedule of maiden voyages is as follows:

FE1 (Far East Loop 1): First sailing at Kobe is April 7 / First sailing at Rotterdam is May 10

FE2 (Far East Loop 2): First sailing at Xingang is April 4 / first sailing at Southampton is May 14

FE3 (Far East Loop 3): Hong Kong on April 8 / Rotterdam on May 11

FE4 (Far East Loop 4): Busan on April 9 / Rotterdam on May 12

FE5 (Far East Loop 5): Laem Chabang on April 3 / Rotterdam on May 1

Meanwhile, here are the dates for the last sailings on the North Continent:

Loop 1:  Last sailing at Kobe is March 26 / Last sailing at Rotterdam is May 2

Loop 4: Ningbo on April 1 / Southampton on May 4

Loop 5: Kwangyang on April 1 / Le Havre on May 5

Loop 7: Qingdao on March 29 / Rotterdam on May 3

For its Mediterranean Services, first sailings are as follows:

MD1 (Mediterranean Service 1): First sailing at Qingdao is April 4 / First sailing at Barcelona is May 3

MD2 (Mediterranean Service 2: Busan on April 5 / La Spezia on May 6

MD3 (Mediterranean Service 3): Busan on April 3 / Ashdod on May 1

Last sailings on the Mediterranean:

ABS (Asia Bosporus Service): Last sailing at Qingdao is March 31 / Last sailing at Izmit is April 30

AWM (Asia West Mediterranean): Busan on March 27 / Genoa on April 28

Photo: William Domenichini

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