The 16,022 teu CMA CGM JULES VERNE will make a round-trip voyage via the Suez Canal this week marking the first ship on the OCEAN Alliance MED2 service to return to the Suez route since January 2024. The ship is scheduled to transit the Suez Canal westbound on 14 November 2025, and will make a return eastbound trip on 13 December 2025, saving 2 weeks compared to the regular transit via the Cape of Good Hope, with an ad hoc call at Beirut added on this voyage. The MED2 service is branded as the
CMA CGM will add a new JMX2 service connecting Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Shuaiba, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi from 19 November 2025. The service is branded as the Jebel Ali Middle East Express 2 (JMX2) even though it does not call at Jebel Ali but calls at the Khalifa port in Abu Dhabi. The service will turn in 7 days using the 2,202 teu MYD HANGZHOU.
CMA CGM will launch a new Shuttle Tunisia Morocco service connecting Sfax, Tanger, Valencia, Sfax from 29 October 2025. The service will turn in 2 weeks using 2 ships of 800 teu starting with the 862 teu CT DANIEL at Sfax on 29 October 2025. The service is aimed at the export of dates from Tunisia to Morocco and Spain.
CMA CGM will add new calls at Qingdao and Aqaba on its stand-alone Asia-Red Sea REX2 service from 16 October 2025. The enhanced REX2 service will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Nansha, Singapore, Djibouti, Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba, Qingdao, turning in 9 weeks using 9 ships of 5,000 to 9,000 teu with a extra week added to the rotation.
CMA CGM will add a new direct call at Cai Mep on the Asia-Med MEX1 service, which is operated within the Ocean Alliance MED2 service that is branded as the AEM2 by COSCO, WM2 by OOCL and MEX1 by Evergreen. The new rotation will call at Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Nansha, Shekou, Singapore, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, Marsaxlokk, Port Klang, Qingdao with the first call at Cai Mep scheduled on 27 October 2025 on the 16,022 teu CMA CGM JULES VERNE. The service will retain a 14 week turn
CMA CGM's intra Asia shipping arm, CNC will launch a new Japan Philippines 9 (JP8) service connecting Shekou, Nansha, Subic Bay, Batangas, Cebu, Davao, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe Moji, Shekou from 15 September 2025. The JP8 service will turn in 28 days and will deploy 4 ships of 1,700-1,800 teu starting with the 1,781 teu LITTLE DOLPHIN at Shekou on 15 September 2025 to be followed by the 1,827 teu ARIONAS and ASTERIOS, and the 1,756 teu KUO LIN.
CMA CGM's intra-Asia arm CNC has teamed up with CK Line and SeaLead to launch a new Korea Indonesia 8 (KI8)/China Indonesia Korea (CIK)/Intra Asia Service (SEA7) connecting Busan, Incheon, Shanghai, Ningbo, Jakarta, Semarang, Ho Chi Minh City, Busan from 15 September 2025. The KI8/CIK/SEA7 service will turn in 28 weeks and deploys 4 ships of 1,700 to 2,800 teu starting with the 2,822 teu CNC PANTHER at Busan on 15 September to be followed by the 2,693 teu SKY PRIDE from CK Line and 1,732 teu HA
ANL/CMA CGM will launch a new Northeast Asia to PNG and Far North Queensland APR2 service connecting Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Lae, Motukea, Brisbane, Gladstone, Townsville, Qingdao from 12 September 2025. The service turns in 42 days using 3 ships of 1,700 teu on a fortnightly frequency starting with the 1,756 teu SAN GIORGIO at Qingdao on 12 September, followed by the 1,740 teu ELA and 1,794 teu SEVILLIA.
CMA CGM has launched a new new Male Shuttle (MLEFEED) service connecting Colombo, Male, Colombo from 24 August 2025. The service turns in 14 days and will operate initially with the 1,794 teu SEVILLIA and 1,713 teu CMA CGM DANANG.
CMA CGM will launch a new intra-Med Maestrale Service connecting Malta, Durres, Rijeka, Salerno, Malta from 5 October 2025. The service turns in 14 days and will initially deploy the 750 teu JSP CARLA and 707 teu MEDKON SAMSUN.