Register Free Trial Carriers are pushing ahead with their 1 November rate hikes after successfully holding on to their mid-October gains, buoyed by rising market sentiment as a US-China trade deal could be reached by this week. The US-China port fees are expected to be part of the package deal to be finalized when the leaders of both countries meet on 30 October. Port traffic in the US and China have not been materially impacted so far, with primarily COSCO’s ships in the US and Matson’s ships
Taicang Container Lines (TCLC) the container shipping arm of Jiangsu Ocean Shipping (JOSCO) has added a new Nanjing-Jakarta service connection on the India East Direct Service (TIE) from 23 October 2025. The revised TIE will call at Nanjing, Taicang, Xiamen, Jakarta, Port Klang, Chennai, Port Klang, Nanjing. The service turns in around 32 days using 2 ships of 1,000 to 1,900 teu to offer 2 sailings per month.
CMA CGM will launch a new Shuttle Tunisia Morocco service connecting Sfax, Tanger, Valencia, Sfax from 29 October 2025. The service will turn in 2 weeks using 2 ships of 800 teu starting with the 862 teu CT DANIEL at Sfax on 29 October 2025. The service is aimed at the export of dates from Tunisia to Morocco and Spain.
SITC will launch a new VTX8 service connecting Shanghai, Osaka, Kobe, Tokuyama Kudamatsu, Shanghai, Ningbo, Sihanoukville, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Bangkok, Shanghai from 4 November 2025. The VTX8 will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 900 teu to 1,000 teu starting with the 932 teu RESURGENCE at Shanghai on 4 November for the southbound voyage and 1,034 teu SITC WEIHAI at Shanghai on 9 November for the northbound voyage.
Sea Legend will discontinue its China-Europe Arctic Express (CAX) service after only a single sailing. The 4,890 teu ISTANBUL BRIDGE completed its maiden westbound CAX voyage at Felixstowe on 14 October 2025 after departing from Ningbo on 23 September 2025, completing the Arctic Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 21 days. After additional calls at Hamburg, Gdansk and Rotterdam, the ship will return via the Suez route, forgoing the Arctic route on its return leg. No further CAX sailings are planned, wi
MSC will launch a new Cheetah service connecting Singapore, Colombo, Beira, Nacala, Singapore from November 2025. The service will turn 5 weeks using 5 ships of 2,500 teu starting with the 2,532 teu MSC SHEFFIELD III at Singapore on 3 November 2025.
Arkas Line has launched a new Med Africa Service (MAS) connecting Alexandria, Beirut, Lattakia, Mersin, Aliaga, La Spezia, Genoa, Casablanca, Dakar, Lagos (Apapa), Lagos (Tincan), Tema, Abidjan, Nouakchott, Casablanca, Tangier, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, La Spezia, Genoa, Salerno, Alexandria from 20 October 2025. The MAS combines Arkas' existing Blue Med Service (BMS) and West Africa Service (WAS) and will turn in 10 weeks using 10 ships of 1,400 to 2,400 teu, using ships redeployed from the 2 e
Register Free Trial The special port fees applied by the US and China on each country’s ships took effect on 14 October but the impact has been less severe than initially expected. Chinese authorities have not applied the 25% US ownership rule strictly and only Matson is affected by the fees so far although Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd diverted 2 of their US-flagged ships on the Transpacific TP7/WC5 service to avoid the port fees. At least one US-flagged operator has received waivers due to their new
COSCO Shipping will launch a new Japan Thailand Vietnam (JTV) service connecting Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nansha, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Yangpu, Shekou, Kobe from the end of October 2025. The JTV service will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 1,700 teu starting with the 1,707 teu INSIGHT at Kobe on 28 October 2025.
SeaLead will replace its standalone Five Seas Express (5CX) service with a new Far East-Mediterranean service via the Suez Canal in cooperation with CU Lines (CUL) and Global Feeder Services (GFS) from the end of October 2025. The former 5CX service has been disrupted since August 2025 after 16 SeaLead operated ships were added to the OFAC sanctions list, affecting 8 ships of 5,000 teu to 6,800 teu that were formerly operated on the service. The new service operated by CUL, GFS and SeaLead wil