CMA CGM however, already said that it would pull APL out of the G6 Alliance, once the French line completes the Singaporean carrier’s acquisition in the second half of this year. CMA CGM also commented that it hoped that COSCO-CSCL will join the Marseilles-based carrier in a new alliance partnership.
However, COSCO has not yet revealed any post-merger alliance plans to follow the acquisition of CSCL’s container shipping operations, due to be finalized by the end of February.