MSC will launch a new Mustang service connecting Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Yantian from 14 July 2024. The service will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy 6 ships of 13,000-19,000 teu that was to start with the 16,616 teu MSC LELLA at Yantian on 8 July but the sailing was postponed and replaced by the 13,798 teu MSC BETTINA at Yantian on 14 July. The launch was delayed a second time to 17 July, with the 19,462 teu MSC ELOANE deployed. The Mustang service was first launched by MSC in
CMA CGM will launch a new French Peak Service that will provide 4 sailings between Asia and North Europe from 30 June 2024 and 3 sailings from Asia to the Mediterranean from 14 July 2024. The North Europe loop of the peak season service will call at Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Le Havre, Antwerp, Yantian starting with the 6,350 teu APL OREGON at Yantian from 30 June 2024 on a 77 day round trip rotation with 4 sailings planned initially, but subsequently reduced to just 2 loaders. The Med loo
MSC will launch a new Asia-North Europe Britannia service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Cai Mep, Liverpool, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, London Gateway, Singapore, Shanghai from 1 July 2024. The Britannia service will turn in 13 weeks and will deploy up to 13 ships of 7,000-12,000 teu starting with the 9,640 teu MSC DENISSE X. It will be the only Asia-Europe service to have a direct call at Liverpool. The addition of this new service will add 3% to the Asia-North Europe route.
Register Free Trial [https://www.linerlytica.com/register/?utm_source=W202424] Several new long haul services have been launched in June, including the notable return of SeaLead to the US and BAL to Mexico that followed Ellerman’s return on the Asia-Europe route last month. COSCO and Hapag-Lloyd have also been actively adding new services on the transpacific and Asia-Europe routes. Market sentiment is clearly rising, as seen by the IPO filing by TS Lines while Maersk’s revision of its full year
COSCO and OOCL will launch a new peak season transpacific service to the Pacific Southwest calling at Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Yantian, Long Beach, Kaohsiung branded as the SEA3 and PSX respectively. The SEA3/PSX will start from 23 June 2024 at Yantian with the 8,533 teu XIN FEI ZHOU. The service will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy 6 ships of 8,000 to 10,000 teu operated exclusively by COSCO and OOCL.
X-Press Feeders have launched a new India-Red Sea X-Press 2 (IRX 2) service calling at Mundra, Jebel Ali, Jeddah, Aqaba, Sokhna, Jeddah, Mundra from 23 May 2023. The IRX 2 will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 1,600-2,900 teu, namely the 1,577 teu X-PRESS KAVERI, 1,645 teu X-PRESS KOHIMA, 1,774 teu X-PRESS SALWEEN and 2,902 teu PALERMO. The service will enable transhipment connections to the Red Sea ports of Jeddah, Aqaba and Sokhna that have been affected by the stoppage of regular services
Wan Hai has relaunched the Asia America 1 (AA1) transpacific service from 25 May 2024. The service will have irregular port calls that will provide connections from various Chinese and Taiwan ports including Nansha, Shekou, Xiamen, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao and Taipei to Long Beach or Los Angeles. The service started with the 3,013 teu WAN HAI 357 with the initial voyage covering Shekou, Xiamen, Los Angeles, Shekou. The Asia loading ports will vary with 2 or 3 load ports per sailing. After the
SITC has launched a new China-Philippines Express 7 (CPX 7) service calling at Shanghai, Wenzhou, Manila (South), Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Shanghai from 30 May 2024. The CPX 7 will turn in 14 days using 2 ships, starting with the 1,060 teu GREEN PACIFIC before being replaced by 2 newbuildings that will be delivered in June, the 1,781 teu SITC HAODE and 1,868 teu SITC ZHI.
BAL Container Line has relaunched the China-Mexico Express (CMX) service calling at Yantian, Qingdao, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo (Mex), Yantian from 1 June 2024. The CMX service will turn in 6 weeks using the newly chartered 1,809 teu AMOUREUX that is expected to make 2 round voyages in June and July. A second 1,809 teu ship, ARIONAS will join the service on 19 June 2024. It marks BAL's return to the long haul routes after it withdrew its last operated ship, the 3,534 teu NORTHERN DEBOUNAIR o
SeaLead will launch a new America West Coast (AWC) service connecting Nansha, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Nansha from June 2024. The service will operate with 3 ships initially - the 1,809 teu ADAMASTOS scheduled at Nansha on 17 June, the 5,610 teu SUEZ CANAL due at Nansha on 26 June and 1,809 teu ASTRAIOS at Nansha on 1 July. SeaLead started its transpacific operations in August 2021 on the Asia-US West Coast and with a Asia-US East Coast service added in March 2022. These services were op