Maersk Ocean Network 2025

Shipping from Asia to Middle East

With our new network, we are excited to offer our customers a wide range of benefits with similar geographical coverage as today.

Improving service quality

Our new mainliner network will have extensive and robust coverage. To supplement this we are introducing shuttles for our strategic markets. Dedicated shuttles will be operated similarly to the mainliners, which means they will have same priority at terminals, they will be fully controlled by Maersk and they will often be similar sized to our mainliners. This will allow end to end operational control to secure connections across the ocean network and thereby deliver a wider coverage with unparalleled reliability.

Note: The network representation is subject to finalization including terminal berth windows.

Service highlights

Asia to Middle East:

  • Our improved Asia to Middle East network offers reliable and weekly connectivity between the Asia, to Red Sea, Gulf and India.
  • Dedicated Gulf service that offer compelling products from South Korea and China to UAE and India.
  • Transit time improvement from key gateways in China of around 6 days on many corridors.
  • Best in class product offering from South Korea to the Gulf with transit time improvements of up to 10 days.

Transit times for Asia to Middle East

The transit times expected on selected corridors from Asia to Middle East from 2025 are as follows:

Explore other networks around the world

Our new network will consist of 58 services with more than 6,000 port-to-port combinations. You can find more information on what each of the trades will look like below.

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Middle East-India to/from Europe
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Asia to/from Europe
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Asia to/from North America
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Europe to/from North America

Contact us

If you need more information on the new cooperation, please contact our Sales or Customer Experience teams. They are standing by to help.

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