ONE Commitment arrives at the Port of Tacoma. ONE (short for Ocean Network Express) combines the vessel fleets and ocean freight businesses of the top three Japanese carriers, NYK, MOL and K-Line. Photo courtesy of the Northwest Seaport Alliance.
On Wednesday, the eye-catching container ship ONE Commitment arrived at the Port of Tacoma’s Husky Terminal, marking the North American debut of Japan’s merged ocean carrier service, ONE.
The newly renamed and repainted ONE Commitment (ex name MOL Commitment) is on ONE’s PN2 service rotation, covering Singapore, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Tacoma, Vancouver, Tokyo and Kobe. While she is the first ONE-branded vessel to call North America, shipments with the carrier’s distinctive magenta-and-white containers have already begun: the first, box number ONEU000001, arrived at Tacoma aboard the Granville Bridge on April 24.
ONE (short for Ocean Network Express) combines the vessel fleets and ocean freight businesses of the top three Japanese carriers, NYK, MOL and K-Line. In 2016, the firms agreed to merge their container businesses in order to gain scale in an increasingly competitive transoceanic freight market, and they have invested $3 billion in the joint venture. NYK holds the largest share, at 38 percent, and MOL and K-Line hold 31 percent each.