COSCO Shipping has added a new East China Nusantara Express (ECNX) service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Jakarta, Shanghai from 20 April 2026. The ECNX will turn in 21 days and will deploy 3 ships of 2,700 teu to 4,200 teu starting with the 4,051 teu XIN YANG ZHOU, followed by the 4,253 teu COSCO COLOMBO and 2,741 teu ERASMUS JUSTICE. OOCL will take slots on this service as the China Indonesia Service 1 (CIS1)
COSCO has sent the 18,982 teu CSCL ARCTIC OCEAN and CSCL INDIAN OCEAN through the Strait of Hormuz on 30 March 2026, becoming the first containerships not linked to Iran to leave the Persian Gulf since the 2,553 teu SSF LEO made it out on 3 March 2026. It follows an aborted attempt on 27 March 2026 when both vessels turned back just south of Qeshm and returned to shelter off Dubai. Both ships are operated by COSCO on the OCEAN Alliance Far East-Middle East 5 (MEA5 aka MEX/ME5/CMEX) service with
The 18,982 teu CSCL ARCTIC OCEAN and CSCL INDIAN OCEAN have aborted their first attempted passage of the Strait of Hormuz on 27 March 2026, which would have marked the first containerships that are not linked to Iran to leave the Persian Gulf since the 2,553 teu SSF LEO made it out on 3 March 2026. Both ships turned back just before passing the Hormuz in the morning of 27 March 2026 and are headed back to shelter at Dubai. They are operated by COSCO on the OCEAN Alliance Far East-Middle East 5
COSCO has extended its China-Pacific Northwest Coast/Vancouver (CPV) service with the addition of new calls at Yangpu, Haiphong and Hong Kong from January 2026 in order to provide additional connectivity to its Transpacific network. The extended CPV service will call at Yangpu, Haiphong, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Vancouver, Seattle, Xingang, Dalian, Lianyungang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Yangpu. The service will turn in 9 weeks and will deploy up to 9 ships of 4,200 to 5,100 teu from COSCO
ONE will start to take slots on the Red Sea-China Service (RCS) from 15 January 2026. The RCS is a joint service operated by GFS, ESL, RCL and TSL calling at Shanghai, Qingdao, Nansha, Shekou, Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba, Jeddah, Shanghai that was first launched on 14 November 2025 and branded as RCS by GFS, China Red Sea Connector (ECRC) by ESL , RCR by RCL and RCX by TSL. The service turns in 8 weeks and initially deploys 5 ships of 2,500 to 3,600 teu on a rolling schedule, and is expected to be up
COSCO Shipping will launch a new Japan Thailand Vietnam (JTV) service connecting Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nansha, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Yangpu, Shekou, Kobe from the end of October 2025. The JTV service will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 1,700 teu starting with the 1,707 teu INSIGHT at Kobe on 28 October 2025.
COSCO has launched a new Yangpu Batam Express (YBX) connecting Yangpu, Kota Kinabalu, Batam, Singapore, Yangpu from 13 August 2025. The service turns in 14 days and operates initially on a fortnightly basis with the 1,064 teu CTP MAKASSAR from Yangpu on 13 August 2025 for a single round trip before being replaced by the 1,008 teu DANUM 171 at Batam on 1 September 2025.
COSCO will launch a new Southeast Asia India 1 (SEI1) calling at Surabaya, Jakarta, Singapore, Port Klang, Nhava Sheva, Port Klang, Singapore, Surabaya from September 2025. This service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 2,700 to 4,200 teu srarting with the 4,250 teu XIN TAI CANG at Surabaya on 24 September 2025.
COSCO has added a new call at Yangpu on the OCEAN Alliance PSW6 service from 10 August 2025 to offer direct connections between Hainan and the US West Coast. The revised PSW6 service will call at Cai Mep, Yangpu, Nansha, Yantian, Kaohsiung, Long Beach, Cai Mep starting from August 2025 with the former call at Hong Kong dropped. The Yangpu call on the current PSW10 service has also been dropped. The PSW6 turns in 7 weeks using ships of 13,300 to 16,800 teu from COSCO. The service is branded as S
COSCO and OOCL will launch a new Asia-Mexico Express (WSA8/TLP8) service connecting Shanghai, Qingdao, Ensenada, Manzanillo, Ensenada, Yokohama, Shanghai from 20 August 2025. The WSA8/TLP8 service will turn in 7 weeks and willl deploy 7 ships of 3,300 to 4,300 teu to starting with the 4,250 teu XIN FANG CHENG at Shanghai on 20 August 2025.