10 September 2026
Sea-Intelligence: Alliance Network Segregation and Overlap

Issue 781 of the Sea-Intelligence Sunday Spotlight reveals a striking level of network specialisation between the alliances on the Asia‑Europe and Transpacific trades. Rather than competing head‑to‑head by offering identical direct port combinations, the carrier alliances are structurally segregating their networks to create unique commercial opportunities. Source: Sea-Intelligence. com, Sunday Spotlight, issue 781 The data from Figure 1 illustrates that overlapping direct port-pairs are remarkably limited on Asia‑Europe. While 65% of direct port-pairs see no overlap, only 21% of unique port-pairs are shared by two carrier alliance networks.
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