# 2025-08514: Shipping Pact Swaps Bahamas and Mexico for Taiwan and Indonesia Routes

2025-08514, Notice of Agreements Filed, is a Federal Register notice from Federal Maritime Commission published 2025-05-14, effective 2025-05-07 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08514
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-08514
- Title: Notice of Agreements Filed
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Federal Maritime Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 20469
- Published: 2025-05-14
- Effective: 2025-05-07
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Shipping Pact Swaps Bahamas and Mexico for Taiwan and Indonesia Routes

## Summary

The Federal Maritime Commission announced updates to a shipping agreement between Mediterranean Shipping Company and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. They’re removing the Bahamas, Mexico, and Jamaica but adding Taiwan and Indonesia to their service areas starting May 7, 2025. This change could affect shipping routes and schedules, so companies and customers should pay attention and can comment within 12 days.

## Effects PRIA read

- Routes Removed: Bahamas, Mexico, Jamaica: cost, medium. The MSC/ZIM Cooperative Working Agreement deletes the Bahamas, Mexico, and Jamaica from the agreement's geographic scope, effective May 7, 2025. If your business relied on coordinated MSC/ZIM service to or from those countries under this agreement, those countries are no longer listed in the agreem…
- Routes Added: Taiwan and Indonesia: benefit, medium. The MSC/ZIM Cooperative Working Agreement adds Taiwan and Indonesia to its geographic scope, effective May 7, 2025. Businesses shipping to or from Taiwan or Indonesia may gain coordinated MSC/ZIM service under this agreement beginning on that date.
- Temporary Slot-Exchange Arrangement Added: mixed, medium. The Amendment adds a new Article 14 that reflects an interim vessel sharing/slot exchange arrangement which will temporarily supersede the existing arrangements in Articles 5.1 and 5.2, effective May 7, 2025. This changes the agreement's internal vessel-sharing and slot-exchange terms for the inter…

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## Sources
- [2025-08514 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08514/notice-of-agreements-filed)
- [2025-08514 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-14/pdf/2025-08514.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08514 (as of 2026-06-08).