Ocean Network Express (ONE) has concluded its slot-sharing agreements with CMA CGM, OOCL, and Evergreen across four Far East-to-US-West-Coast services, following the final sailing on the CP1 loop earlier this month. The affected services span CP1 through CP4.
Why This Matters for Bookings
Slot-sharing agreements determine which carriers' vessels actually move your container, even when you booked through a different line. When an agreement ends, previously reliable routing and transit time assumptions on those loops can change without much advance notice to the shipper.
What to Check If You Use These Services
- Confirm with your carrier or forwarder whether your regular sailing is still operating under the same schedule
- Ask specifically whether your booking has been reassigned to a different vessel-sharing arrangement
- Re-verify transit time estimates rather than assuming they're unchanged from your last shipment
- Build in extra schedule buffer for the next 1-2 sailing cycles while the new arrangement stabilizes
Alliance and slot-sharing changes rarely make headlines the way rate increases do, but they can affect your transit reliability just as much.
This kind of restructuring happens periodically as alliances rebalance capacity, and it's worth a quick check with your provider any time you hear about a slot agreement ending on a lane you use regularly.