Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk launch Gemini Cooperation
On February 1, 2025, Hapag-Lloyd AG and Maersk A/S initiated a joint venture named Gemini Cooperation. The aim of this partnership is to establish a fast, flexible, and interconnected ocean network with a schedule reliability exceeding 90% once fully implemented, expected by June 2025.
In brief
Hapag-Lloyd AG and Maersk A/S have launched the Gemini Cooperation joint venture, a maritime network targeting schedule reliability above 90 percent, with full implementation by June 2025. The Gemini network, based on a hub and spoke model, comprises 57 services, a capacity of 3.7 million TEU, around 340 vessels, 29 mainline services and 28 interregional connections. In line with the announcement from October 2024, routes will be diverted via the Cape of Good Hope, returning to the Red Sea when it is safe. Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, announced a new quality standard for the industry.
- Launching the new network is a great opportunity for all of us. With our targeted schedule reliability, we will satisfy one of our customers’ most important needs even better and set a new quality standard in the industry. Together with our operating partner Maersk, we are focused on delivering on our 90% schedule reliability promise, explains Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd.
The Gemini network will also set new industry standards in terms of sustainability and advance the companies’ ongoing decarbonization efforts.
- Thanks to our effective hub & spoke operating system, we can deploy larger vessels and thus simultaneously optimize speed, reduce idling times, and thereby cutting down on carbon emissions. All of this saves our customers a lot of time and resources, Habben Jansen adds.
Key facts about the new network:
- Hub & spoke model
- 57 services
- 3.7 million TEU capacity
- Around 340 vessels
- 29 mainliners
- 28 inter-regional shuttles (Europe: 13; Asia: 10; Middle East: 4; Americas: 1)
As announced in October 2024, the Gemini network will re-route via the Cape of Good Hope. The partners will continue to closely monitor and analyze the latest developments and their impact on the security situation in the Red Sea and will return to the region once it is safe to do so.
Services in the new ocean network are available for booking on the Hapag-Lloyd website.
Source: Gazeta Morska · Compiled by: Kamil Kusier
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