Register Free Trial MSC’s ascension to the top of the container terminal operators table was as remarkable as its rise to the top containership operator rank and leaves little room for its rivals to catch up. The bold move by MSC and its consortium partners to acquire Hutchison Ports’ terminal assets ex China will widen MSC’s global footprint, with access to new hubs in Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Port Klang, Laem Chabang, Lazaro Cardenas, Balboa and Cristobal that will complement MSC’s existing ter
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will launch 2 new feeder services to provide connections between the Colombian hub of Cartagena with US Gulf coast ports from March 2025. These services are operated by Maersk as part of the Gemini Cooperation network to the US Gulf:- * The America Shuttle 1 (AM1) / Florida Shuttle (FLS) service will connect Cartagena, Miami, Jacksonville, Cartagena from 17 March 2025. The service will turn in 14 days using the 2,544 teu ERATO and 2,532 teu MAERSK NESTON * The IAM Ameri
Dong Young and Pancon Line will launch a new Incheon-Qingdao-Haiphong (IQH) service calling at Incheon, Qingdao, Haiphong, Shekou, Xiamen, Incheon from 26 March 2025. The IQH service will turn in 14 days using the 1,009 teu PEGASUS TERA and PANCON GLORY.
SeaLead will launch a new Mombasa-Dar es Salaam (MDS) service using the 1,118 teu DEVON. The service will operate on a rolling 10-11 days schedule, with the first sailing from Mombasa on 23 March 2025 (delayed from the original schedule 17 March 2025).
CNC, the intra-Asia arm of CMA CGM, has added a new Singapore Philippines 8 (SP8) connecting Singapore, Davao, General Santos, Singapore from 2 March 2025. The SP8 will turn in 14 days using 2 geared containerships - the 1,114 teu CONTSHIP WAY and 1,118 teu VIMC DIAMOND. The service is aimed at the transport of reefer products from Mindanao including bananas, pineapples and other perishable products.
COSCO and X-Press Feeders have added a second Chancay feeder to connect Chancay, Callao, Iquique, Arica, Ilo, Chancay from 8 March 2025. The service is an extension of X-Press Feeders' Chile Peru X-Press (CPX) that called at Callao, Iquique, Callao with the addition of the new Chancay, Arica and Ilo calls from 17 December 2024 using the 1,341 teu ALIOTH. The service was operated on a fortnightly basis before the addition of a second ship, the 1,098 teu CONTSHIP DON from COSCO on 8 March 2025 wi
CMA CGM and Maersk will launch a new jointly operated Asia-East Coast South America service branded respectively as the the SEAS 3 and ASAS2 calling at Shanghai, Shekou, Cai Mep, Singapore, Santos, Singapore, Shanghai from 8 April 2025. The SEAS 3/ASAS2 service will turn in 11 weeks and will deploy 11 ships of 5,000 teu to 8,000 teu, with CMA CGM operating 7 ships and Maersk operating 4 ships. The service will connect at Santos for relay to other East Coast Latin American ports and will also pr
Register Free Trial Carriers are finally taking action to curb capacity increases in their bid to reverse the recent freight rate slide, with MSC confirming the withdrawal of the transpacific Mustang service while also redeploying its largest 24,000 teu ships from the Asia-North Europe to the Med and West Africa routes. The OCEAN Alliance has also delayed plans to launch a new Asia-North Europe string in March, with Premier Alliance also expected to postpone the launch of 2 Transpacific strings
Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new Portugal Tangier Express (PTX) service connecting Tangier, Lisbon, Vigo, Leixoes, Tangier from 17 March 2025 with the 1,440 teu GFS SAPPHIRE on a weekly rotation that will provide connections between Iberian ports as well as transshipment options at Tangier to Hapag-Lloyd’s global network.
MSC will suspend one of the 5 Asia to North America West Coast services that it planned to launch in 2025, reducing its Transpacific coverage to only 4 sailings per week. The withdrawal of the Mustang service that was to connect Xiamen, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Busan, Xiamen would remove about 12,000 teu weekly from the FE-WCNA route and would release 7 ships that MSC said would be redeployed to other trades. The Mustang service had been operated in its pr