Countdown to the alliances' battle for Asia-Europe

The container carriers divided themselves into three major alliances during 2016, and in April these alliances will start to battle it out on the industry's key tradelane from Asia to North Europe. SeaIntel tries to pick a winner among 2M, Ocean Alliance, and The Alliance.
Photo: /ritzau/Christian Charisius
Photo: /ritzau/Christian Charisius

In addition to the fact that 2016 saw the number of major container carriers reduced to about seven, the remaining carriers also found themselves divided into three large-scale alliances against a previous four.

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