SeaLead has relaunched its China-Red Sea (CRS) service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Sokhna, Jeddah, Shanghai using 5 ships that have been redirected from an earlier plan to deploy them on the Transpacific PNW route.
The CRS service was already operated on an ad hoc basis since the end of April with the 3,451 teu LIDIA from 27 April 2025 at Shanghai and 2,274 teu CICCIO from 24 May at Ningbo. They have been joined by the 3,398 teu ALE at Ningbo on 14 June, 2,478 teu BERTIE at Shanghai on