Register Free Trial Port congestion has reached a new high with over 4.3m TEU waiting to berth at container ports globally, driven mainly by delays across East Asia as fresh storms continued to disrupt vessel schedules. In terms of total TEU, the stranded capacity is higher now compared to the previous peak of 4.0m TEU reached during the COVID pandemic in 2022. The current stranded capacity accounts for 12.6% of the global fleet at 34.4m TEU, which is lower than the peak of 15.7% recorded in 20

MSC has switched its Himalaya Express service connecting the Indian Subcontinent with the Mediterranean back to the Suez route on both directions, marking the first full service return to the Red Sea since 2024 for MSC. The revised Himalaya Express will connect Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Vizhinjam, Sines, Valencia, Gioia Tauro, King Abdullah Port, Jeddah, Colombo, Nhava Sheva and is expected to transit the Suez on both directions even though current vessel schedules still show the Cape route on the s

X-Press Feeders have launched a new Ocean Feeder X-Press (OFX) service connecting Hamburg, Le Havre, Hamburg from 15 August 2026 with the 508 teu DORNBUSCH on a rolling 5 day schedule to provide transhipment options to Le Havre.

Global Feeder Shipping has restarted the India Med Service (IMS) to connect Nhava Sheva, Mundra, King Abdullah Port, Damietta, Latakia, Mersin, King Abdullah Port, Nhava Sheva from 14 July 2026, replacing its former WARM/IMS service operated with SeaLead and CUL. The service turns in around 40 days and currently operates with only 2 ships, the 2,542 teu SAFEEN PROSPER and 1,714 teu AL SEEF.

Maersk has launched a new 409 feeder service connecting Port Said and Jeddah through the Suez Canal from 27 August 2026. The service turns in 2 weeks and deploys the 4,822 teu MAERSK MAKUTU and 4,256 teu LISA on a rolling rotation.

Evergreen, Emirates Shipping Line (ESL) and KMTC have launched a new China-India Express 3 (CIX3) / China Subcontinent Express 2 (CSX2) / Asia-India Subcontinent 3 (AIS3) service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Port Klang Westport, Nhava Sheva, Hazira, Mundra, Port Klang Westport, Shanghai from 13 July 2026. The service turns in 6 weeks and deploys 6 ships of 5,400 to 9,500 teu with ESL contributing 3 ships, Evergreen 2 ships and KMTC 1 ship.

ZIM, Gold Star Line (GSL) and Global Feeder Shipping (GFS) have launched the New India Express (NIX)/China India Service (CIS) connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Dachan Bay, Port Klang Westport, Nhava Sheva, Hazira, Mundra, Port Klang Westport, Haiphong, Shanghai from 18 July 2026. The service turns in 6 weeks and currently deploys 5 ships of 4,200 to 5,5oo teu with ZIM/GFS operating 3 ships and GFS operating 2 ships, with a 6th ship to be added at the end of October 2026.

Register Free Trial Carriers continue to push for an early return to the Red Sea with MSC the latest to join the fray as 7 of it ships crossed the Bab el Mandeb in the last 2 weeks. Maersk has confirmed that it has already returned over 30% of its Cape volumes back to the trans-Suez route and it views the conditions for a full return to the Red Sea have already been met even as it eyes further fleet expansion to combat persistent port and landside bottlenecks. Congestion remains elevated over t

MSC has restarted Red Sea transits with its own ships from August 2026 with at least 7 eastbound voyages through the Bab el Mandeb on in the last 2 weeks on various Europe-Med to China services. Although MSC has not made any formal announcements about the resumption of their trans-Suez services, these are set to become regular deployments with more Red Sea dark transits planned in the next 2 weeks. List of MSC transits are as follows:- * 23,782 teu MSC AMELIA on Med-China TIGER service made S

Messina will launch a new Red Sea Express (RSX) service connecting Nhava Sheva, Sohar, Jeddah, Nhava Sheva from 27 August 2026 with the newly chartered 917 teu BEHRAM BOX on a 20 day rotation.

Wan Hai has launched a new Asia Middle East Express (AMX) extra loader service connecting Qingdao, Ningbo, Shekou, Karachi, Khor Fakkan, Qingdao from 17 July 2026. The service will provide ad hoc connections to Pakistan and UAE with ships of 2,600 to 3,000 teu.

Hapag-Lloyd and Zim will launch a new Asia-South America East Coast 3 (AS3)/ZIM Falcon Service (ZFS) to connect Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Rio Grande, Paranagua, Itajai, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai from 13 September 2026. The service was first announced by Zim on 2 July 2026 and was to be operated exclusively by Zim but the plan has been changed with Hapag-Lloyd joining the service and a revised port rotation that will include a new call at Xiamen and Rio Grande replacin