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Press Release 2025-08-21

Premier Alliance Service Update - MD2 and KMP

Dear valued customers,

 

HMM is pleased to announce the revised MD2 and KMP services. The Asia-Mediterranean segment of the current MP2 service will begin operating as a standalone service, renamed as Mediterranean Service 2 (MD2). The Transpacific segment of MP2 will be integrated with the Korea Middle East Express (KME) which will be newly launched as Korea Middle East – Pacific South (KMP) service.

 

Mediterranean Service 2 (MD2)

 

Port rotation : Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – (CoGH) – Tangier – Valencia – Barcelona – Genoa – Fos – (CoGH) – Singapore – Pusan

 

First sailing : HYUNDAI NEPTUNE 040W, ETA Pusan, Sep 7th 2025

-    West Bound:
1) Wide coverage of West Med including Spain, Italy, France and Morocco.
2) Tangier transshipment for North Africa
-    East Bound:
1) Express service from West Med to Pusan and Central China.
2) Covering various SE Asian countries including Vietnam and Thailand via Singapore transshipment.

 

Korea Middle East – Pacific South (KMP)

 

Transpacific port rotation : Middle East – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Shanghai – Pusan – Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Dalian – Xingang – Qingdao – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – Middle East

 

First sailing : YM WONDERLAND 028E, ETA Singapore, Sep 4th 2025

-    Wide Southeast Asia coverage – US West Coast service
-    Direct service from Dubai to US West Coast
-    Direct service from US West Coast to Dalian/Xingang

 

Asia – Middle East port rotation : US West Coast – Pusan – Dalian – Xingang – Qingdao – Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Dammam – Jubail – Hamad – Abu Dhabi – Jebel Ali – Sohar – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Shanghai – Pusan – US West Coast

 

First sailing : HMM DAON 019W, ETA Xingang, Sep 8th 2025

-    New port of call Dalian is added to serve additional option for the North China to Middle East.
-    Expanded coverage to Laem Chabang/Cai Mep from Middle East.