2016年5月13日，一家全新的联盟宣告成立，并被命名为THE Alliance，该联盟由六家班轮公司组成，分别是赫伯罗特、阳明海运、商船三井、日本邮船、川崎汽船、韩进海运。后来韩进海运破产，联盟只剩下五家。
THE Alliance预计将于2017年4月运营，合作范围涉及远东-北欧航线、远东-地中海航线、远东-美国东/西海岸航线、跨大西洋航线、远东-中东(波斯湾/红海)航线。
THE Alliance将提供8条亚洲往返欧洲航线，其中包括3条地中海航线，并有1条航线专营中东地区，连结中国、韩国、东南亚地区重点港口与达曼、朱拜勒、阿拉伯湾之转运港口，另有16条越太平洋航线提供亚洲往返北美之航线服务，联盟也将提供6条越大西洋航线，广泛覆盖西北欧、地中海往返美国、加拿大、墨西哥的重要港口。
此外，THE Alliance航线服务网预期将涵盖超过24个亚洲港口(包括10个中国港口、5个日本港口)、20个美国与加拿大港口、6个西北欧港口、13个地中海港口、6个中东港口、以及6个中美洲与加勒比海地区港口。
阿拉伯轮船虽没能出现在THE Alliance成员名单中，但这家班轮公司目前正与赫伯罗特商谈合作一事，如果两家班轮公司最终合并运营，阿拉伯轮船在东西向航线投入的部分运力将转移至THE Alliance。
最终的32条航线如下所示：
1、亚洲至北欧航线（Asia and North Europe）
FE 1:Kobe – Nagoya – Shimizu – Tokyo – Singapore– Jeddah – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Southampton – Le Havre – Singapore – Kobe
FE 2:Xingang – Dalian – Qingdao – Shanghai –Ningbo – Hong Kong – Yantian – Singapore – Tangier – Southampton – Hamburg –Rotterdam – Le Havre – Tangier – Jebel Ali – Hong Kong – Qingdao – Xingang
FE 3:Hong Kong – Xiamen – Kaohsiung – Yantian –Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – London Gateway – Piraeus – Singapore – HongKong
FE 4:Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Rotterdam –Hamburg – Antwerp – Southampton – Shekou – Yantian – Pusan
FE 5:Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore –Colombo – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp – London Gateway – Jeddah – Colombo –Singapore – Laem Chabang
2、亚洲至地中海航线（Asia and the Mediterranean）
MD 1:Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian –Singapore – Damietta – Barcelona – Valencia – Fos – Genoa – Damietta –Singapore – Shekou – Qingdao
MD 2:Pusan – Ningbo – Shanghai – Kaohsiung –Yantian – Singapore – Jeddah –Genoa – LaSpezia – Barcelona – Valencia – Singapore – Hong Kong – Pusan
MD 3:Pusan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian –Singapore – Jeddah – Ashdod – Piraeus – Istanbul (Ambarli) – Izmir/Aliaga –Mersin – Jeddah – Singapore – Kaohsiung – Pusan
3、跨太平洋至西海岸航线（Trans Pacific – West Coast）
PN 1: Qingdao – Shanghai – Nagoya – Tokyo –Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Nagoya – Kobe – Qingdao
PN 2: Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep –Kaohsiung – Yantian – Tacoma – Vancouver – Tokyo – Kobe – Kaohsiung – Singapore
PN 3: Hong Kong – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai –Pusan – Vancouver – Seattle – Pusan – Hong Kong
PS 1: Kobe – Nagoya – Tokyo – Sendai – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Tokyo – Nagoya – Kobe
PS 2: Kobe – Nagoya – Shimizu – Tokyo – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Oakland –Tokyo – Kobe
PS 3: Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – HongKong – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland –– Tokyo – Hong Kong – Singapore
PS 4: Hong Kong – Yantian – Kaohsiung – Keelung – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland –Keelung – Kaohsiung – Da Chan Bay – Hong Kong
PS 5: Shanghai – Ningbo – Los Angeles/Long Beach– Oakland – Shanghai
PS 6: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Qingdao
PS 7: Xiamen – Hong Kong – Yantian – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Xiamen
PS 8: Dalian – Xingang – Qingdao – Pusan – LosAngeles/Long Beach – Oakland – Pusan – Kwangyang – Dalian
4、跨太平洋至东海岸航线（Trans Pacific – East Coast (via Panama and Suez)）
EC 1:Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan – Tokyo – (PanamaCanal) – Manzanillo – Savannah – Jacksonville – Charleston – Norfolk – Miami(Seasonal) – Manzanillo – (Panama Canal) – Balboa – Los Angeles/Long Beach –Oakland – Tokyo – Kobe – Ningbo
EC 2: Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Pusan –(Panama Canal) – New York – Boston – Wilmington – Savannah – (Panama Canal) –Pusan – Qingdao
EC 3: Kaohsiung – Xiamen – Hong Kong – Yantian – Shanghai– (Panama Canal) – Savannah – Norfolk – (Panama Canal) – Balboa – Pusan –Kaohsiung
EC 4: Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Yantian – Cai Mep –Singapore – (Suez Canal) – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Jacksonville –Charleston – (Suez Canal) – Singapore – Kaohsiung
EC 5: Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore –Colombo – (Suez Canal) – Halifax – New York – Savannah – Norfolk – Halifax –(Suez Canal) – Jebel Ali – Singapore – Laem Chabang
5、跨大西洋航线（Trans Atlantic）
AL 1: Bremerhaven – Antwerp – London Gateway –Norfolk – Philadelphia – New York – Halifax – Bremerhaven
AL 2: London Gateway – Le Havre – Rotterdam –Bremerhaven – New York – Charleston – London Gateway
AL 3: Antwerp – Bremerhaven – Southampton –Charleston – Savannah – Port Everglades – Houston – Savannah – Norfolk –Antwerp
AL 4: Southampton – Antwerp – Bremerhaven – LeHavre – Veracruz – Altamira – Houston – New Orleans – Mobile – Southampton
AL 5: Southampton – Rotterdam – Hamburg – Antwerp– Le Havre – Savannah – Cartagena – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Oakland –Seattle/Tacoma – Vancouver – Oakland – Los Angeles/Long Beach – Balboa –Cartagena – Caucedo – Savannah – Southampton
AL 6: Salerno – Livorno – La Spezia – Genoa – FOS– Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Salerno
AL 7: Barcelona – Tarragona – Valencia –Algeciras – Halifax – New York – Norfolk – Savannah – Valencia – Tarragona –Barcelona
6、亚洲至中东航线（Asia and the Middle East）
AGX: Pusan – Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo –Shekou – Singapore – Jebel Ali – Dammam – Jubail – Abu Dhabi – Port Kelang – Singapore – Ningbo – Pusan
除公布上述具体航线外，该联盟还公布了一项新的、独特的应急计划。为防止联盟内成员破产及其他突发事项，联盟五大成员将建立一个独立的信托机构来管理基金。目前的设想是，联盟内成员一旦有一个或多个成员宣布批产，该基金将用于联盟维持正常运营。该独立的信托基金将确保已配载至受影响船舶上的货物运送至目的地。“对于去年夏天韩进海运破产突发时间，客户对此类保障的需求十分清晰，而该联盟的合作伙伴对于集装箱运输业第一份这样的应急计划感到十分欣慰。”
