CMA CGM has resumed full Suez Canal transits on the Asia-Med Phoenician Express
(BEX2) service from the end of April 2024, becoming the first mainstream
Asia-Europe service to return to the Suez since the Red Sea crisis escalated in
December 2023.
The service is one of 4 OCEAN Alliance services on the Asia-Med route and is
marketed as the PHOEX/BEX2 by CMA CGM, AEM6 by COSCO, AAS by OOCL and BEX2 by
Evergreen. The service was previously operated with a mixed fleet of ships from
the 3 OCEAN Alli