Gulftainer's shipping arm GT Lines has launched a revised India-Sharjah Express (ISX) service that will provide alternative connections to UAE via the Gulftainer operated port of Khor Fakkan following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The revised service will operate 2 separate routes, with the ISX 1 calling at Nhava Sheva, Khor Fakkan, Nhava Sheva while the ISX 2 will call at Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Khor Fakkan, Mundra. The service will operate 3 ships of 1,000 teu on the 2 routes starting wit

CMA CGM has relaunched its Red Sea Med Express (REDEX) service with a new rotation calling at Port Said, Marsaxlokk, Alexandria, Aqaba, Jeddah, Port Said from 19 March 2026. The service will turn in 3 weeks and will deploy 3 ships of 2,500 teu starting with the 2,592 teu CMA CGM VILA DO CONDE at Malta on 19 March 2026.

Shandong Marine Corporation (SMC) will expand its Malaysia-Indonesia Express (MIX) service with a new connection to link Port Klang and Chittagong that is operated under the Feeder Express Shipping brand. The MIX was first launched in August 2025 to connect Port Klang, Belawan, Port Klang using the 712 teu SMC QINGDAO. A second ship, the 376 teu SMC KLANG will join the MIX service from 1 April 2026, with a new connection between Port Klang and Chittagong to be added.

CMA CGM will combine its existing Asia Subcontinent Express (AS1) and Pearl River Express (PEARL) into a new Pearl AS1 Pendulum Service (PEARLAS1) from 30 March 2026. The extended service will turn in 98 days using 14 ships of 8,000 teu to 11,400 teu to call at Haiphong, Xiamen, Nansha, Yantian, Los Angeles, Kwangyang, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Karachi, Colombo, Singapore, Haiphong. Existing OCEAN Alliance partners COSCO, OOCL and Evergreen as well as ON

Register Free Trial The Strait of Hormuz remains shut to containership traffic, apart from Iranian-linked vessels who have made 6 inbound and 4 outbound sailings in the Persian Gulf since the war started. 2 Iranian-linked ships that have been idle since August following US sanctions last year have also been recently activated and are now on loaded and on their way to the Persian Gulf. CMA CGM have resumed bookings in and ouf of the Middle East Gulf states despite the Hormuz blockade by offerin

OVP Shipping and Sidra Line have launched a new West Africa Service (WAF) connecting Derince, Ambarli, El Dekhelia, Casablanca, Kamsar, Conakry, Derince from 3 March 2026. The service will operate on an irregular frequency with initial sailings to be provide every 32 to 42 days, using the 420 teu WU ZHOU GLORY. A second ship is scheduled to be added at the end of April 2026.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has launched a new Japan Thailand Vietnam Indian subcontinent (JTI) service connecting Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimizu, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Cai Mep, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Port Klang, Nhava Sheva, Pipavav, Karachi, Port Qasim, Colombo, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Tokyo from 4 April 2026. The new service will turn in 63 days and deploy 9 ships of 4,400 to 5,000 teu starting with the 4,432 teu BAI CHAY BRIDGE at Laem Chabang on 23 March 2026 on for a short northbound trip befor

CMA CGM has resumed transits through the Suez Canal barely 10 days after suspending passage on the Red Sea route on 28 February 2026. The Asia-Med Phoenician Express (PHOEX/BEX2) service operated by CMA CGM with ships of 13,00-16,000 teu returned to the Suez on 11 March 2026 on both the eastbound and westbound voyages after just 1 ship was redirected to the Cape of Good Hope due to security situation in the Middle East. CMA CGM also announced the resumption of cargo bookings to the Middle East

X-Press Feeders and Zim/Gold Star Line (GSL) have launched a new Intra-Asia to connect Yantian, Shekou, Laem Chabang, Sihanoukville, Yantian from 11 March 2026 branded respectively as the Cambodia-South China Express (CSX) / South China Thailand Cambodia Express (SKV) service. The service turns in 2 weeks and will deploy the 1,717 teu OPHELIA from Zim and 1,744 teu ZHONG GU 6 from X-Press Feeders.

Register Free Trial The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shut as the Iran crisis enters its second week, with more than 140 containerships still trapped in the Persian Gulf. Apart from 6 IRISL ships that continue to make Hormuz transits last week, only a single feeder ship operated by GFS made it out on 3rd March before a second ship was hit by a missile on 4th March. Carriers have suspended bookings in and out of the Persian Gulf, while cargo in transit are being discharged at contingency

Gemini Cooperation partners Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will launch a new Far East-Med-Red Sea SE4/AE19 service via the Cape of Good Hope calling at Xingang, Qingdao, Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Tanjung Pelepas, Tangier Med, Port Said, Jeddah, Tangier Med, Singapore, Xingang from 13 March 2026. The service will cater to high demand to the Red Sea due to the Iran crisis that started on 28 February 2028. The service will turn in 16 weeks and will deploy up to 16 ships of 10,000 to 13,000 teu from Maersk

Ellerman will launch a new Poland Express 2 (iPEX2) service connecting Gdynia, Hull, Gdynia to complement its existing iPEX service that serves Gdynia, Tilbury, Gdynia. The first sailing is scheduled from 24 March 2026 from Gdynia with the 326 teu VANQUISH that will provide weekly connections to Hull.