Gemini Cooperation partners Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will launch a new Asia-Med SE5/AE18 service from November 2026 calling at Shanghai, Xiamen, Tanjung Pelepas, Algeciras, Tanger Med, Algeciras, Xiamen, Shanghai. The service will turn in 9 weeks using the Suez route and will deploy 9 ships of 10,000-14,000 teu starting with the 13,676 teu MAERSK ERDINE at Shanghai on 21 November 2026. The new service replaces the coverage in Algeciras and Tanger that will be removed on their existing NE1/AE2, SE
Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will resume regular weekly sailings on the AGX/FM1 service connecting Qingdao, Ningbo, Tanjung Pelepas, Khor Fakkan, Singapore, Qingdao from 17 October 2026. The AGX/FM1 service has been operating on an irregular basis since May 2026 with its former call at Jebel Ali replaced by Khor Fakkan but will return to a regular weekly frequency under the Gemini Cooperation turning in 8 weeks using 8 ships of 8,000 to 13,000 teu starting with the 8,440 teu MAERSK ATHABASCA at Qingda
Gemini Cooperation partner's current Asia Shuttle 14 (A14)/Bohai Shuttle 5 (BS5) service will be extended to cover the North China ports previously covered by the Asia Shuttle 4 (A04)/Bohai Shuttle 1 (BS1) from 1 October 2026. The extended A14/BS5 will call at Xingang, Dalian, Busan, Xingang, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Xiamen, Busan, Xingang with a new call added at Dalian and a second call added at Busan. It replaces the A04/BS1 service that called at Busan, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang, Busan w
The 20,568 teu MANCHESTER MAERSK will make a westbound Suez Canal transit on 16 August 2026, marking the return of the Gemini Asia-North Europe AE2/NE1 service to Suez route. Maersk has also switched to the Suez route on the Asia-Med AE19/SE4 service with ships transiting on both directions since the end of July 2026. Although Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd officially confirmed the structural change to the Suez route on 10 August 2026, the changes have already been implemented on earlier sailings. The
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will return to the Suez route on their jointly operated Gemini AE15/SE3 service on a truncated rotation that will call at Qingdao, Kwangyang, Ningbo, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Said Damietta, Colombo, Singapore, Qingdao with calls at Canakkale, Yarimca and Ambarli to be omitted. The revised rotation takes immediate effect with the sailing of the 19,076 teu MAJESTIC MAERSK that has already departed from Qingdao on 8 June 2026 now on its way to the Suez with an unscheduled stop
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have amended their Gemini Cooperation Agreement to modify the timing of discussions regarding potential seasonal blank sailings with the new arrangement taking effect from March 2026. Under the previous terms of the agreement that started from 1 February 2025, the 2 carriers are authorised to blank sailings only during Chinese New Year or Chinese Golden Week provided such agreement is reached no later than 12 weeks prior to the scheduled date of the sailing. The revised
Gemini Cooperation partners Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will launch a new Far East-Med-Red Sea SE4/AE19 service via the Cape of Good Hope calling at Xingang, Qingdao, Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Tanjung Pelepas, Tangier Med, Port Said, Jeddah, Tangier Med, Singapore, Xingang from 13 March 2026. The service will cater to high demand to the Red Sea due to the Iran crisis that started on 28 February 2028. The service will turn in 16 weeks and will deploy up to 16 ships of 10,000 to 13,000 teu from Maersk
Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will withdraw the Gemini Cooperation's WC6/TP9 service in October 2025, with the last sailing to depart from Xiamen on 23 September 2025. The WC6/TP9 service was launched in June 2025, using 6 ships of 4,200 to 5,000 teu calling at Xiamen, Busan, Long Beach, Xiamen. The move is a change from the Gemini partners' initial plan that was announced on 3 September to blank 3 WC6/TP9 sailings in October. This plan was changed to a full suspension of the service for the remainder
Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will launch a new Transpacific WC6/TP9 service connecting Xiamen, Busan, Long Beach, Xiamen. The Gemini Cooperation service will turn in 6 weeks and deploys 6 ships of 4,000-5,000 teu starting with the 4,622 teu RHONE MAERSK at Xiamen on 23 June 2025.
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have launched a new Gemini Cooperation feeder service branded as Middle East Shuttle 6 (M06) / Pakistan Service 2 (PK2) to connect Salalah, Port Qasim, Salalah from 13 May 2025. The service turns in 7 days using 2 ships of 2,500-3,500 teu to provide 2 sailings a week.