COSCO Shipping will deploy its first ship through the Bab el Mandeb in more than 2 years with the 4,738 teu XIN HUI ZHOU set to return to the Red Sea on the revived RES4 service from 28 July 2026 connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Nansha, Sokhna, Shanghai. The service will only call at Sokhna on its maiden call scheduled on 19 August, but will add a Jeddah call on its second voyage scheduled on 7 October. COSCO has been offering regular weekly sailings to the Red Sea since March 2026 through
COSCO and ONE will jointly launch a new East Africa Mozambique (EMS) / Mozambique Coast Link (MCL) service connecting Port Louis, Maputo, Beira, Nacala, Port Louis from 18 September 2026. The service will turn in 42 days and will operate on a fortnightly frequency using 3 ships of 1,200 to 1,800 teu starting with the 1,496 teu CONTSHIP DAY operated by COSCO, followed by the 1,876 teu BRIGHT FUJI from ONE and 1,200 teu CAPE FLORES from COSCO.
COSCO, HMM, Interasia Lines (IAL) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) will jointly launch a new India-East Africa service connecting Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Dar Es Salaam, Mombasa, Nhava Sheva. The service will turn in 35 days and will deploy 5 ships of 2,400-3,000 teu from 23 September 2026. The service will be branded respectively by HMM as the Gulf India East Africa (GIA), IAL as India-East Africa Service (IEX) and PIL as the Imara Express (IMX).
COSCO will join Yang Ming on a revamped Japan-Taiwan-South China (JTS) service serving Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Keelung, Kaohsiung, Shekou, Xiamen, Nagoya from 18 July 2026. The service will turn in 21 days using 3 ships of 1,400-1,800 teu with COSCO's 1,702 teu QING YUN HE joining the service at Nagoya at 5 August 2026, operating alongside 2 more ships from Yang Ming using the 1,440 teu CAPE FELTON and 1,803 teu YM INAUGURATION. The service replaces Yang Ming's previous JTS that operate on an
ANL (part of the CMA CGM Group), COSCO and OOCL will launch a new China Australia Express (A3X/ACX) as the 4th service of the Asia Australia Consortium (A3) that complements their existing A3N, A3C and A3S joint services. The A3X/ACX will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Shekou, Melbourne, Sydney, Qingdao, turning in 42 days and deploy 6 ships of 3,000-4,000 teu starting with the 3,314 teu COLOMBO at Qingdao on 27 July 2026. With the launch of the new A2X/ACX, the A3 Consortium will offer weekly dou
COSCO has launched a new Spain Morocco Service (SMS) connecting Valencia, Casablanca, Valencia from 10 June 2026 using the 925 teu CONTSHIP IVY on a weekly rotation.
COSCO Shipping and OOCL will launch a new Southeast Asia India Service 2 (SEI2/SIS2) connecting Qinzhou, Yangpu, Haiphong, Singapore, Mundra, Singapore, Hong Kong, Qinzhou from 4 June 2026. The service will turn in 35 days and will deploy 5 ships of 3,300 teu to 4,400 teu starting with the 4,250 teu XIN TAI CANG at Qinzhou on 4 June 2026. The service will offer the first direct connection between Haiphong and India.
COSCO's intra-European arm Diamond Line will launch a new Germany Gdynia Shuttle (GGS) service connecting Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Gdynia, Bremerhaven from 30 May 2026. The service will turn in 7 days starting with the 868 teu DINA TRADER at Bremerhaven on 30 May.
COSCO will add a new feeder at its Peruvian hub of Chancay with the launch the Chancay Express 3 (CHX3) service connecting Chancay, Paita, Chancay from 23 June 2026. The CHX3 will turn in 14 days and will deploy the 1,114 teu MEDKON ZOE and 1,296 teu SL HAWK. The new feeder service will add to the existing Chancay Express (CHX) and Chancay Express 2 (CHX2) service that calls respectively at Chancay, Callao, Lirquen, San Antonio, Chancay and Chancay, Callao, Iquique, Arica, Matarani, Chancay.
COSCO Shipping has added a new Singapore-Kota Kinabalu Service (KTS4) connecting Singapore,Kota Kinabalu,Singapore from 3 May 2026. The service turns in 7 days on a weekly frequency using the 707 teu TAN CANG GLORY. Ad hoc calls at Bintulu can also be provided on this service. The service replaces COSCO's previous Yangpu-Batam Express (YBX) service that connected Yangpu, Qinzhou, Kota Kinabalu, Batam, Singapore, Yangpu which has been withdrawn in April 2026 due to port congestion at Kota Kinab