Arkas Line will launch a new West Africa Service (WAS) connecting Tangier Med, Casablanca, Dakar, Tincan Island, Lagos, Tema, Abidjan, Nouakchott, Tangier Med from 22 April 2025. The WAS will turn in 35 days and will initially deploy 4 ships of 1,604 teu (MARIO A, CRISTINA A, JEAN PIERRE A, DIANE A) with 1 blank sailing in each 5 week cycle.
Arkas will launch a new Blue Med Service (BMS) calling at Alexandria, Beirut, Lattakia, Mersin, Aliaga, Genoa, La Spezia, Tangier, Casablanca, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, Genoa, La Spezia, Salerno, Alexandria from 15 February 2025. The BMS will turn in 35 days using 5 ships of 1,400 to 2,400 teu starting with the 1,604 teu WANDA A at Alexandria on 13 February 2025. CMA CGM will take slots on part of the service as the Alexandria Express (ALYEX) that will only serve Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa, La
Arkas and Turkon will launch a new service branded respectively as the India Med Service (IMS) and Turkiye-Red Sea-India (TRI) service connecting Ambarli, Evyap, Aliaga, Mersin, Aqaba, Jeddah, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jeddah, Aqaba, Alexandria, Ambarli from 2 February 2025. The IMS/TRI service will turn in 40 days using 4 ships of 2,400 to 2,800 teu - the 2,474 teu MARTHA A, 2,702 teu TURKON RIZE, 2,478 teu VIVIEN A and 2,846 teu TURKON EGYPT. A 5th ship is expected to join in June 2025, with the f
Arkas and Turkon have jointly launched a new Red Sea 1 (RS1)/Turkiye Red Sea Express (TRE) service connecting Ambarli, Izmit, Aliaga, Jeddah, Aqaba, Ambarli from 15 June 2024. The RS1/TRE will operate weekly, turning in 14 days and deploys the 1,878 teu TURKON ISTANBUL from Turkon and 1,604 teu WANDA A from Arkas.
EMES Feedering, the feeder operating arm of Arkas, has launched a new Spain Algeria Service (SAS) connecting Valencia, Algiers, Oran, Valencia from 15 February 2024 using the 698 teu ORION. The SAS service will turn in 10-14 days, with the call at Oran is omitted in the first 2 sailings. The Oran calls are scheduled to start from 13 March 2024.
Arkas and Evergreen have teamed up to launch a new North Africa Express/North Africa (NAX/NAFR) service that connects Piraeus, Algiers, Valencia, Casablanca. The service will operate on a 20 days rotation using 2 ships with sailings every 10 days starting with the 1,164 teu UNI-ASSURE from Evergreen at Piraeus on 16 May 2023 and the 1,445 teu ROZA A from Arkas on 30 May.
Arkas and Evergreen are launching a new North Africa Express (NAX) that will call Piraeus, Algiers, Valencia, Casablanca, Piraeus on 21-day round trip. 1,164 teu UNI-ASSURE and 1,445 teu CORELLI will phase in at Piraeus on 14 May and 19 May respectively. This new service looks like an upgrade of the present Greece-Algeria service (GAS) operated by Arkas with 1,136 teu KRETAS that calls Piraeus, Algiers, Piraeus. KRETAS will be re-deployed to Arkas's Spain-Portugal-Tangier (SPT) at Piraeus on 1
The North Europe-West Africa service jointly operated by Hapag-Lloyd/Arkas will be expanded to add a new southbound call at Dakar. The service is branded as the West Africa Express (WAX)/Europe Africa Service (EAS) respectively by Hapag-Lloyd and Arkas. The new rotation will start from 7 May 2023 and call at Antwerp, Le Havre, Tanger Med, Dakar, Tema, Abidjan, Tanger Med, Antwerp. The service turns in 4 weeks and deploys 3 ships of 4,250 teu from Hapag-Lloyd and one 2,500 teu ship from Arkas.
Arkas launches Istanbul Poti Service (IPS) that rotates through Kumport, Ambarli, Poti, Kumport on 21-day round trip with one ship. The 1139 teu MARTINE A will phase on 22 March at Kumport. Until recently, MARTINE A has been deployed in Arkas's Tunis-Libya Service (TL)
Italia Maritima and Arkas are launching another revised East Med-Black Sea service called Greece Poti Marmara service(GPM) that will call Piraeus, Ambarli, Poti, Constantza, Piraeus. 1,445 teu CORELLI and 1,618 teu UNI-PHOENIX, both until recently have been active in the East Med routes, will be deployed to this service. CORELLI will phase in on Nov 5 at Piraeus and UNI-PHOENIX will be phased in on Nov 14 also at Piraeus.