TS Lines will introduce a new Japan Thailand Express (JTX) service from 24 June 2025 when it joins CMA CGM/CNC as a vessel operator on the latter's revised JTX service that replaces its former Japan-Taiwan-Hong Kong-Thailand 1 (JTXCNC) service. The new JTX service will call at Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Shekou, Nansha, Laem Chabang, Hong Kong, Shekou, Tokyo with the former calls at Kaohsiung, Taichung and Keelung dropped. The service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 2,400 to 3,0
Tailwind's current Colombo-Chittagong feeder service will be extended into a new Tiger Express (TEX) service connecting Port Klang, Ho Chi Minh City, Port Klang, Colombo, Chittagong, Port Klang from 17 June 2025. The service will operate on a fortnightly frequency, turning in 4 weeks using 2 ships - the 1,756 teu NORDTIGER and 1,930 teu ASL PEONY. The service will allow for connections at Port Klang's Northport terminal to Tailwind's revised Panda Express (PAX) service that will connect Qingdao
Jin Jiang Shipping has added an extended Saigon Shanghai Express (SSX) service connecting Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai, Nagoya, Shimizu, Shanghai, Haiphong from 22 May 2025. The new SSX service turns in 3 weeks using 3 ships of 1,000-1,200 teu. It is an extension of the original SSX service that was first launched on 31 March 2025 to connect Shanghai, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai using the 1,182 teu MILD SYMPHONY and MILD CONCERTO. A 3rd ship, the 1,098 teu MILD SONATA has been
PIL, HMM and X-Press Feeders will jointly launch a new North China Indonesia (NCI/NIS) / North China Java X-Press (NJX) service connecting Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Singapore, Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Xingang from 17 June 2025. The NCI/NIS/NJX service will turn in 5 weeks using 5 ships of 2,500-4,700 teu, initially comprising of the KOTA SEJATI, KOTA SEMPENA and KOTA SABAS from PIL, HYUNDAI UNITY from HMM and ZHONG GU TIAN JIN from X-Press Feeders.
ONE and Samudera's newly upgraded Thailand India Gulf (TIG) service will drop calls at Nhava Sheva and Mundra from 18 May 2025 due to ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. The revised TIG will call at Laem Chabang, Singapore, Karachi, Dammam, Jebel Ali, Port Qasim, Colombo, Singapore, Laem Chabang. The TIG has been calling at Laem Chabang, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Dammam, Jebel Ali, Colombo, Singapore, Laem Chabang since 16 April 2025, turning in 35 days using 5 ships of 3,000 teu
MSC has launched a new BUNGARAYA intra-Asia service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Port Klang, Penang, Pasir Gudang, Singapore, Shanghai from 7 April 2025. The BUNGARAYA service turns in 21 days using 3 ships of 1,700-2,500 teu starting with the 2,796 teu MSC CALIDRIS III followed by the 2,556 teu ETOILE and 1,730 teu MSC TRADER II.
OOCL has launched a new Vietnam Singapore Express (VSX) service connecting Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore from 22 April 2025 turning weekly using the 1,714 teu BOX ENDEAVOUR for the first 4 voyages before being replaced by the 1,809 teu MONICA from 16 May 2025.
CMA CGM and its intra-Asia arm, CNC will extend the Bohai Manila Express (BMX) service to South Korea with new calls at Busan from 15 May 2025. The extended BMX will call at Busan, Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Shantou, Shekou, Hong Kong, Nansha, Manila(N/S), Davao, Busan turning in 35 days using 5 ships of 2,700 teu to 4,600 teu.
SITC will launch a new China Malaysia Express (CMX) service from 13 May 2025 calling at Shekou, Kuantan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou. The CMX will turn in 4 weeks and will deploy 4 ships of 1,032-1,150 teu starting with the 1,032 teu SITC HAKATA at Shekou on 13 May 2025. The service retains the current port rotation of the current Malaysia-India-Myanmar (MIM) service with the name changed to reflect the omission of India and Myanmar. The 4 ships of 1,700-1,800 teu on the MIM service is re
SITC has launched a new China Malaysia Indonesia 2 (CMI2) service connecting Nansha, Shekou, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Semarang, Balikpapan, Cebu, Nansha from 3 April 2025. The new service retakes the name of the former CMI2 that has been dormant since June 2024 and retains Malaysia in the service name even though Malaysian ports have been dropped from the rotation of all the former versions of the service since 2021. The revamped CMI2 turns in 21 days and deploys 3 ships of 900-1,000 teu star