Emirates Shipping Line (ESL), Evergreen, Interasia Lines (IAL) and Regional Container Lines (RCL) will launch a new Far East Africa Express 2 (FAX2)/Asia-East Africa Service 6 (AEF6)/IAL East Africa 3 (EA3)/RCL East Africa 3 (REA3) service connecting Qingdao, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Klang, Mombasa, Qingdao from 5 December 2026. The FAX2/AEF6/EA3/REA3 will turn in 49 days and will deploy 7 ships of 2,700 to 4,200 teu starting with the 2,824 teu HIRANYA BHUM at Qingdao on 5 December 2026.
DP World Shipping Solutions, Emirates Shipping and Evergreen will launch a new China Africa Link (CAL)/Far East Africa Express 3 (FAX3)/Asia-East Africa Service 5 (AEF5) service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Klang, Dar es Salaam, Maputo, Singapore, Shanghai from 26 November 2026. The CAL/FAX3/AEF5 will turn in 56 days and will deploy 8 ships of 2,300 to 3,100 teu starting with the 3,006 teu CELSIUS EDINBURGH at Shanghai on 26 November 2026.
HMM, Interasia Lines (IAL), ONE, COSCO/OOCL and Pacific International Lines (PIL) are jointly launching a new India-East Africa service connecting Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Mombasa, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Dar es Salaam, Nhava Sheva that will operate on a butterfly rotation to provide weekly connections between India and Mombasa on the first leg and Dar es Salaam on the second leg. The new service will turn in 56 days using up to 8 ships of 1,800 teu to 2,500 teu starting with the 1,781 teu SEATRADE PE
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).
PIL will split its existing Mozambique Service (MZS) into 3 new services from August 2026 with enhanced coverage of Mozambique, Madagascar and Mascarene Islands that will be served separately as follows: * Mozambique 1 (MZ1) will call at Singapore, Beira, Singapore on a 14 day rotation using the 3,075 teu KOTA KAMIL and KOTA KARIM from 23 August 2026. * Mozambique 2 (MZ2) will call at Singapore, Maputo, Nacala, Singapore on a rolling 30-35 days rotation on an 15-20 day frequency with the 1,80
MSC has launched a new Zephyr service connecting Singapore, Colombo, Djibouti, Salalah, Singapore from 7 June 2026. The service will turn in 28 days and deploy 4 ships of 4,200 teu to 5,000 teu starting with the 4,738 teu MSC SHRINIKA V at Singapore on 7 June.
Akkon Lines has added a second ship to the East Africa Service (EAS) calling at Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Karachi, Dar es Salaam, Mombasa, Nhava Sheva with the service frequency upgraded from monthly to fortnightly. The EAS was first launched at Nhava Sheva on 13 February 2026 using a single ship, the 1,696 teu NARA on a monthly frequency until 4 April 2026 when a second ship, the 1,740 teu KONRAD was added. The service turns in 30 days on a rolling schedule with one sailing every 2 weeks.
CMA CGM has launched a new Kanimambo service connecting Colombo, Beira, Nacala, Colombo from 27 March 2026. The service will turn in 35 days and deploy 5 ships of 1,700 to 2,500 teu running on a weekly basis starting with the 1,710 teu EF EMMA at Colombo on 27 March 2026.
MSC will merge its Japan-Southeast Asia Origami service with the Singapore-Kenya/Tanzania Oryx service from 9 November 2025 into an enhanced Origami service that will call at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Busan, Ningbo, Singapore, Colombo, Mombasa, Dar es Salam, Singapore, Kaohsiung, Busan, Tokyo. The enhanced Origami will turn in 1o weeks using 10 ships of 4,000 to 5,000 teu starting with the 4,294 teu MSC GENERAL IV at Tokyo on 9 November.