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.
Evergreen, Emirates Shipping Line (ESL) and KMTC have launched a new China-India Express 3 (CIX3) / China Subcontinent Express 2 (CSX2) / Asia-India Subcontinent 3 (AIS3) service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Port Klang Westport, Nhava Sheva, Hazira, Mundra, Port Klang Westport, Shanghai from 13 July 2026. The service turns in 6 weeks and deploys 6 ships of 5,400 to 9,500 teu with ESL contributing 3 ships, Evergreen 2 ships and KMTC 1 ship.
The Sun Chief Express (SCX) transpacific service operated by Emirates Shipping for US NVOCC UWL will be terminated from March 2026. The service was first launched in 26 April 2022 by Swire Shipping for UWL to provide direct connections between Ho Chi Minh City, Haiphong and Seattle. The service is operated fortnightly, initially using 3 ships of 2,380 to 2,750 teu from Swire Shipping until July 2025 when the Swire ships were replaced by 3 ships from Emirates Shipping. The service currently calls
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
Global Feeder Shipping (GFS), Emirates Shipping Line (ESL), Regional Container Line (RCL) and TS Lines (TSL) will launch a new Red Sea China Service that is branded as RCS by GFS, China Red Sea Connector (ECRC) by ESL , RCR by RCL and RCX by TSL to connect Shanghai, Qingdao, Nansha, Shekou, Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba, Jeddah, Shanghai from 14 November 2025. The service will turn in 8 weeks and will initially deploy 5 ships of 2,500 to 3,500 teu on a rolling schedule starting with the 3,524 teu SSF D
Emirates Shipping Line (ESL) will return to the Transpacific trade from July 2025 in a partnership with UWL on the Sun Chief Express service. ESL first entered the Transpacific trade in 2006 when it partnered Zim, SCI and MacAndrews on the India-USEC Indus Express (IDX) and with Zim on the Asia-US Gulf Express (AGX). ESL shut down the IDX in December 2007 and withdrew from the AGX in May 2008 thus ending its participation on the US routes after less than 2 years in the trade. The new ESL trans
Evergreen and Emirates Shipping Line (ESL) will launch a new China-India Express Service 8 (CIX8)/ESL China Subcontinent Express (ECSX) service calling at Qingdao, Xiamen, Nansha, Dachan Bay, Port Klang West, Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Port Klang West, Qingdao from 6 July 2025. The CIX8/ECSX will turn in 42 days and will deploy 6 ships of 4,600 to 6,000 teu, of which 4 will be operated by ESL and 2 by Evergreen.
Wan Hai will launch a new India-East Med 2 (IM2) service connecting Mundra, Jeddah, Alexandria, Mersin, Jeddah, Mundra from 1 June 2025 through a partnership with Emirates Shipping Lines (ESL) on the latter carrier's existing India-East Mediterranean Express (IEX) service. The service will turn in 4 weeks and will deploy 2 ships of 2,500 teu on a fortnightly frequency. Wan Hai will deploy the 2,646 teu WAN HAI 311 at Mundra on 1 June 2025 and ESL will deploy the 2,496 teu AN HAI at Mundra on 15
A partnership involving 7 Asian carriers have teamed up to launch a new Asia-Mexico Express (AMX) service that is set to start from 30 April 2025. The AMX will call at Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan, Manzanillo, Shanghai and is expected to deploy 7 ships of 3,000 to 4,000 teu operated by Emirates Shipping, KMTC, RCL, Sinokor, Sinotrans, SeaLead Shipping and TS Lines. The new service will be a landmark move for all the 7 carriers who are entering the Mexico trade for the first time and will complement