Maersk has launched a new Intra-Asia 98 (IA98) service connecting Ningbo, Shanghai, Sihanoukville, Laem Chabang, Ningbo from 3 April 2026. The service will turn in 3 weeks and deploys 3 ships of 1,700-1,900 teu starting with the 1,802 teu MAERSK VISBY at Ningbo on 3 April 2026, followed by the 1,781 teu MTT PORT KELANG and 1,930 teu ERASMUS PASSION.

SITC has restored its China Japan Vietnam 7 (CJV7) service with a revised rotation calling at Danang, Haiphong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Hakata, Moji, Shanghai, Xiamen, Danang from 28 March 2026. The CJV7 will turn in 21 days and deploys 3 ships of 900 to 1,000 teu starting with the 907 teu SITC HONGKONG and followed by the 1,056 teu M. ATLAS and 907 teu SITC NAGOYA.

MSC has finally launched the long-delayed Asia-Med Phoenix service to take advantage of increased demand for Iraqi cargo via the East Med gateway through Turkey. The new Phoenix service will call at Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Iskenderun, Trieste, Koper, Rijeka, Aliaga, Singapore, Busan from 2 April 2026. The service will turn in 16 weeks and will deploy ships of 8,000 to 11,000 teu starting with the 9,178 teu SANTA LINEA at Busan on 2 April 2026. The next 2 sailings have been co

Zhonggu Logistics have launched a new Qinzhou-Ho Chi Minh City (ZGCV2) service that connects Qinzhou and Ho Chi Minh City on a weekly basis using the 529 teu XIN HAI XIU from 11 March 2026. The service will complement Zhonggu's existing Qinzhou-Haiphong service that is currently operated with the 508 teu HENG HUI.

ONE has launched a new Japan Korea Shuttle (JKS) offering a high frequency service that connects Busan, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Busan, Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Busan from 3 April 2026. The service turns in 21 days using 3 ships on alternate rotations with the Japan Shuttle West calling Tokyo first while the Japan Shuttle East will call at Kobe first to provide the fastest connections to and from Busan. It will replace the OCEAN Alliance FP1 service that provided direct connections from the 3 Japanese p

X-Press Feeders and TS Lines will launch a new Hercules (HLS) service connecting Laem Chabang, Singapore, Port Klang, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Karachi, Port Klang, Singapore, Laem Chabang from 24 April 2026. The service will turn in 35 days with 4 ships of 2,900 to 4,900 teu deployed initially and a blank sailing in each cycle. X-Press Feeders will deploy 3 ships, the 4,636 teu ZHONG GU NAN JING, 3,316 teu DING YUAN HUAN YU and 4,896 teu X-PRESS ANGLESEY while TS Lines will deploy the 2,954 teu TS

Maersk has launched a new Intra Asia 4 (IA4) service that connects Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Manila North, Tanjung Pelepas, Jakarta, Tanjung Pelepas, Batangas, Nansha, Hong Kong, Busan, Xingang from 30 March 2026. The service turns in 42 days using 6 ships of 2,100 t0 3,500 teu starting with the 3,398 teu IRENES RAY at Xingaong on 30 March 2026.

CMA CGM has launched a new Kanimambo service connecting Colombo, Beira, Nacala, Colombo from 27 March 2026. The service will turn in 35 days and deploy 5 ships of 1,700 to 2,500 teu running on a weekly basis starting with the 1,710 teu EF EMMA at Colombo on 27 March 2026.

ONE will launch a new Iberia Baltic Express (IBX) service connecting Leixoes, Lisbon, Southampton, Rotterdam, Gdansk, Riga, Klaipeda, Gdynia, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Leixoes from 18 May 2026. The service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 1,000 to 1,800 teu starting with the 1,781 teu LANGENESS on 18 May 2026 at Southampton and the 1,528 teu SINAR BUKITTINGGI on 20 May 2026 at Leixoes, followed by the 1,084 teu SVENDBORG and 1,436 teu ESSENSE to make up the quartet.

Register Free Trial COSCO sent 2 of its largest ships trapped in the Persian Gulf out of the Hormuz on 30 March after an earlier aborted attempt on 27 March, as tensions in the Middle East continues to escalate. The 2 ships are the first non-Iranian linked container ships to come out of the Hormuz since 3 March. Iranian ships have meanwhile halted transits through the Hormuz over the past week, with several incoming ships waiting at Chabahar Anchorage while outgoing ships are mostly idle at Ban

Yang Ming will launch a new China Singapore Malaysia (CSM) service calling at Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Shekou, Singapore, Port Klang Westport, Xiamen from 3 April 2026. The service will turn in 21 days using 3 ships of 1,700 to 4,250 teu starting with the 2,940 teu YM CONSTANCY at Xiamen on 3 April, followed by the 4,250 teu YM ETERNITY and 1,708 teu SMOOTH SAILING.

COSCO has sent the 18,982 teu CSCL ARCTIC OCEAN and CSCL INDIAN OCEAN through the Strait of Hormuz on 30 March 2026, becoming the first containerships not linked to Iran to leave the Persian Gulf since the 2,553 teu SSF LEO made it out on 3 March 2026. It follows an aborted attempt on 27 March 2026 when both vessels turned back just south of Qeshm and returned to shelter off Dubai. Both ships are operated by COSCO on the OCEAN Alliance Far East-Middle East 5 (MEA5 aka MEX/ME5/CMEX) service with