The OCEAN Alliance NEU4 service that is operated by CMA CGM as the FAL1 will make its return to the Suez route eastbound from 6 April 2026. The move is confirmed in the OCEAN Alliance's DAY 10 product announcement that was announced by CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL and Evergreen on 21 January 2026. CMA CGM had earlier rerouted from the Cape of Good Hope to the Suez on 2 eastbound FAL1 voyages on 5 January and 17 January 2026 before announcing on 20 January 2026 that it will return to the Cape route. Ho
CMA CGM announced on 20 January that it will re-route vessels deployed on their North Europe-Asia FAL 1 and FAL 3 services as well as the Med-Asia MEX service via the Cape of Good Hope. However, even with the withdrawal of the 3 services, CMA CGM will still retain 2 services (Indamex and Phoenician Express) on the Suez route. Unlike the 3 re-routed services that only uses the Suez route on the backhaul eastbound voyages, the 2 retained services uses the Suez on both directions. It is therefore
CMA CGM's intra-Asia carrier CNC has added a new North China Thailand 8 (NT8) calling at Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Hong Kong, Shekou, Laem Chabang, Hong Kong, Nansha, Xingang from 17 January 2026. The NT8 service turns in 4 weeks and will deploy 4 ships of 1,500 to 2,800 teu starting with the 1,528 teu FSL KELANG and followed by the 2,564 teu CMA CGM QUELIMANE, 2,822 teu CNC JAGUAR and CNC LEOPARD.
CMA CGM will take launch a new US East Coast-Oceania KEA service connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Port Chalmers, Tauranga, Manzanillo, Cartagena, Philadelphia, Charleston, Balboa, Tauranga, Sydney from 3 February 2026 through slots on Maersk's Oceania America (OC1) service. The OC1 service turns in 77 days using 11 ships of 3,000 to 3,700 teu operated by Maersk. Hapag-Lloyd and MSC also take slots on this service that are branded respectively as the Australia-New Zealand via Panama (ANP) service a
CMA CGM has added a new South American feeder service branded as the Motagua Express calling at Kingston, Puerto Cortes, Puerto Barrios, Pointe a Pitre, Kingston from 31 December 2025. The service turns in 3 weeks and deploys the 1,740 teu PERITO MORENO, 1,841 teu CMA CGM BALBOA and 1,341 teu LM ARES.
CMA CGM has launched a new Palmyra Shuttle service calling at Beirut, Lattakia, Alexandria/Port Said, Beirut from 22 December 2025 with the 1,208 teu ONUR G. A.
CMA CGM's intra-Asia arm CNC will launch a new China Vietnam Express 8 (CV8) service from 9 January 2026 calling at Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai. The CV8 will turn in 2 weeks using 2 ships of 2,954 teu starting with the AMALFI BAY on 9 January 2026 followed by the SHIMANAMI BAY on 16 January.
CMA CGM will reroute the India America Express (INDAMEX) service to the Suez Canal on both directions from January 2025. The revised INDAMEX service will call Port Qasim, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Colombo, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Charleston, Jeddah, Port Qasim. It is expected to turn in 11 weeks under the new rotation, compared to 13 to 14 weeks on the current rotation via the Cape of Good Hope. The first eastbound Suez transit is scheduled on 9 January 2026 by the 6,350 teu APL OREGON, while
CMA CGM will launch a new Thailand Vietnam India EC (TVI) service connecting Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Singapore, Port Klanf, Chennai, Colombo, Laem Chabang from 23 December 2025. The TVI will replace the existing India East Coast Express 2 (IEX2) service that calls at Singapore, Chennai, Colombo, Singapore. The TVI service will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 1,700 to 2,800 teu starting with the 2,822 teu CNC JAGUAR at Laem Chabang on 23 December 2025.
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