COSCO Shipping has launched a new Easy Buy Service (EBS) connecting Shekou, Nansha, Port Klang, Shekou from September 2026. The service will cater for the growing e-commerce traffic from South China to Malaysia and turns in 14 days using 2 ships of 1,500-1,700 teu starting with the 1,708 teu TOKYO TOWER at Shekou on 24 September 2026 followed by 1,560 teu IBN AL ABBAR on 30 September 2026.
Meratus has launched a new China Vietnam Indonesia X-Press (CV/CIDX) service connecting Shanghai, Nansha, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Surabaya, Semarang, Shanghai from October 2026. The service operates on a fortnightly frequency using 2 ships of 693 teu on a 30 day rotation starting with the MERATUS KUMAI at Ho Chi Minh City on 1 October 2026. The service connects at Jakarta to Meratus services to Timor Leste (Dili) and Papua New Guinea (Lae and Motukea).
COSCO, OOCL and X-Press Feeders will launch a new China Southeast Asia Express 2 (CSX2) / South China Laem Chabang 7 (CHL7) / South China Laem Chabang X-Press (SCLX) service connecting Nansha, Laem Chabang, Yangpu, Nansha. The service will turn in 14 days and will deploy 2 ships of 1,700 to 4,400 teu starting with the 1,744 teu ZHONG GU 6 at Nansha on 3 October 2026 and the 4,636 teu ZHONG GU TAI YUAN on 5 October 2026. The service was originally scheduled to start on 29 September but has been d
PIL and X-Press Feeders will launch a new China Singapore Malaysia (CSM)/North China X-Press (NCX) connecting Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Singapore, Port Klang, Penang, Nansha, Xinang. The service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 2,400 to 3,500 teu starting with the 3,566 teu KOTA MANIS at Xingang on 27 October 2026.
HMM, PIL and RCL will launch a new North China Indonesia service branded respectively as the NIS, NCI and RCI05 connecting Qingdao, Shanghai, Nansha, Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Qingdao. The service turns in 4 weeks and will deploy 4 ships of 2,700 to 4,700 teu starting with the 2,742 teu WHUTTHI BHUM at Qingdao on 8 November 2026. The service will replace HMM and PIL's current NIS/NCI service that connects Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Singapore, Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Xingang.
BG Shipping, a subsidiary of Beibu Gulf Port Group, has launched a new river-sea direct service connecting Nanning, Qinzhou, Fangcheng, Cai Cui (Can Tho), Qinzhou, Nanning using the 336 teu deckship BBG NAN NING BO RUN. The service provides the first regular connection from Nanning using the newly opened Pinglu Canal to southern Vietnam.
Regional Container Lines (RCL) will launch a new RCL Songkhla 3 (RSK3) service connecting Nansha, Shekou, Sihanoukville, Songkhla, Nansha service from 15 October 2026. The RSK3 will turn in 14 days using 2 ships of 1,162 teu starting with the MTT SAISUNEE at Nansha on 15 October, followed a week later by the MTT SENARI.
X-Press Feeders have launched a new Thailand Straits X-Press (TSX) service connecting Singapore, Laem Chabang, Singapore from 26 September 2026 with the 2,824 teu MONACO operating on a weekly rotation. The service retakes the rotation of the former TSX service that X-Press withdrew in 2024.
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
COSCO will join Yang Ming on a revamped Japan-Taiwan-South China (JTS) service serving Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Keelung, Kaohsiung, Shekou, Xiamen, Nagoya from 18 July 2026. The service will turn in 21 days using 3 ships of 1,400-1,800 teu with COSCO's 1,702 teu QING YUN HE joining the service at Nagoya at 5 August 2026, operating alongside 2 more ships from Yang Ming using the 1,440 teu CAPE FELTON and 1,803 teu YM INAUGURATION. The service replaces Yang Ming's previous JTS that operate on an