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Hong Kong is being rapidly deselected from the east-west trades by all major shipping lines, according to a Sea-Intelligence press release.
In a network overview provided by Gemini Cooperation, a new collaboration that Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will begin in February next year, there are no direct deep-sea calls in Hong Kong. In Ocean Alliance’s updated 2024 network, direct port calls in Hong Kong will decline from 11 to just six. In THE Alliance’s 2025 trans-Pacific network overview published last week, Hong Kong will be removed from its Pacific South West and North West services, and will only be served on a single Asia-U.S. East Coast service.
Furthermore, the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI) data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) also shows a continuous decline in connectivity to Hong Kong over the past decade. Liner connectivity to Hong Kong dropped to its lowest point of 388 in the fourth quarter of 2023 and only increased marginally to 390 in the first quarter of 2024. Overall, however, the trend is a consistent sharp decline.
