Taicang Container Lines (TCLC) the container shipping arm of Jiangsu Ocean Shipping (JOSCO) has added a new Nanjing-Jakarta service connection on the India East Direct Service (TIE) from 23 October 2025. The revised TIE will call at Nanjing, Taicang, Xiamen, Jakarta, Port Klang, Chennai, Port Klang, Nanjing. The service turns in around 32 days using 2 ships of 1,000 to 1,900 teu to offer 2 sailings per month.
SITC will launch a new VTX8 service connecting Shanghai, Osaka, Kobe, Tokuyama Kudamatsu, Shanghai, Ningbo, Sihanoukville, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Bangkok, Shanghai from 4 November 2025. The VTX8 will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 900 teu to 1,000 teu starting with the 932 teu RESURGENCE at Shanghai on 4 November for the southbound voyage and 1,034 teu SITC WEIHAI at Shanghai on 9 November for the northbound voyage.
COSCO Shipping will launch a new Japan Thailand Vietnam (JTV) service connecting Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nansha, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Yangpu, Shekou, Kobe from the end of October 2025. The JTV service will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 1,700 teu starting with the 1,707 teu INSIGHT at Kobe on 28 October 2025.
Shandong Marine Corporation (SMC) has launched a new Qingdao-Jeju container service connecting Qingdao, Jeju, Qingdao. The service will deploy the 672 teu SMC RIZHAO on a weekly rotation starting from 16 October 2025 at Qingdao, becoming the first service to provide regular direct connections between China to Jeju in South Korea.
Evergreen, Yang Ming and Wan Hai have teamed up to launch a new China Indonesia Malaysia (CIM) service connecting Dalian, Xingang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Surabaya, Jakarta, Singapore, Port Klang, Kaohsiung, Dalian from 31 October 2025. The CIM service will turn in 5 weeks using 5 ships of 2,400 to 3,000 teu starting with the 2,634 teu EVER ORDER at Dalian on 31 October 2025, followed by the 2,634 teu EVER OASIS, 2,476 teu EVER ORIGIN, 3,013 teu WAN HAI 363 and 2,940 teu YM CONTINUITY.
KMTC will consolidate 4 of its Korea-West Japan services into 3 new services from October 2024. Details of the 3 new services are as follows * Japan Setouchi Service 5 (JSS5) calling at Busan, Iyomishima, Imabari, Matsuyama, Tokushima, Takamatsu, Mizushima, Busan. The service will turn in 7 days using the 728 teu SUNNY DAHLIA at Busan from 2 October 2025 * Japan Kyushu West (JKW) calling at Busan, Shibushi, Satsuma Sendai, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro, Nagasaki, Busan. The service will turn in 7 days
Asean Seas Line (ASL) has extended its China-Hong Kong-Haiphong Express 1 (HHX1) service into an extended butterfly loop that incorporates the South China-Vietnam-Philippines 2 (SVP2) service. The extended HHX1/SVP2 service calls at Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Haiphong, Danang, Shekou, Nansha, Xiamen, Manila(S), Ningbo from September 2025, turning in 3 weeks using 3 ships of 1,182 teu - the CA OSAKA, CA MANILA and CA NAGOYA.
CMA CGM's intra Asia shipping arm, CNC will launch a new Japan Philippines 9 (JP8) service connecting Shekou, Nansha, Subic Bay, Batangas, Cebu, Davao, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe Moji, Shekou from 15 September 2025. The JP8 service will turn in 28 days and will deploy 4 ships of 1,700-1,800 teu starting with the 1,781 teu LITTLE DOLPHIN at Shekou on 15 September 2025 to be followed by the 1,827 teu ARIONAS and ASTERIOS, and the 1,756 teu KUO LIN.
SITC will launch a new Vietnam Thailand Express 7 (VTX7) service connecting Ningbo, Shanghai, Haiphong, Qinzhou, Laem Chabang, Sihanoukville, Ningbo from 7 October 2025. The VTX7 service will turn in 21 days and will deploy 3 ships of 1,000 teu starting with the 1,011 teu SITC TOKUYAMA at Ningbo on 7 October.
CMA CGM's intra-Asia arm CNC has teamed up with CK Line and SeaLead to launch a new Korea Indonesia 8 (KI8)/China Indonesia Korea (CIK)/Intra Asia Service (SEA7) connecting Busan, Incheon, Shanghai, Ningbo, Jakarta, Semarang, Ho Chi Minh City, Busan from 15 September 2025. The KI8/CIK/SEA7 service will turn in 28 weeks and deploys 4 ships of 1,700 to 2,800 teu starting with the 2,822 teu CNC PANTHER at Busan on 15 September to be followed by the 2,693 teu SKY PRIDE from CK Line and 1,732 teu HA