Medkon Lines have launched a new Espana Express (ESX) service connecting Tunisia and Spain from 11 March 2024. The ESX will call at Sfax, Rades, Valencia, Barcelona, Sfax using the 698 teu MEDKON CANAKKALE on a 10 day frequency.
COSCO and OOCL have added a new Mediterranean Feeder Service (MFS) / Israel West Med (IWM) service with the injection of a ship to Zim's Tyrrhenian Container Line (TYR) service. COSCO has been taking slots on the Zim service since November 2023. The TYR/MFS/IWM calls at Ashdod, Haifa, Fos, Genoa, Salerno, Ashdod and turns in 3 week with 3 ships of 1,100-1,400 teu. COSCO will deploy the 1,223 teu FREDERIK on the service from 13 March 2024 to join Zim's 1,134 teu ASIATIC KING and 1,421 teu NAVI B
Unimed, Unifeeder's Mediterranean feeder arm, has launched a new Egypt-Greece feeder service connecting Port Said, Piraeus, Port Said from 18 February 2024 using the 1,134 teu PAN GG for the first 2 sailings before it is replaced by the 1,129 teu EGY CROWN. The service will turn on a weekly basis and will call at the SCCT terminal at Port Said and PCT in Piraeus.
EMES Feedering, the feeder operating arm of Arkas, has launched a new Spain Algeria Service (SAS) connecting Valencia, Algiers, Oran, Valencia from 15 February 2024 using the 698 teu ORION. The SAS service will turn in 10-14 days, with the call at Oran is omitted in the first 2 sailings. The Oran calls are scheduled to start from 13 March 2024.
Yang Ming and ONE have launched a new Intra-Black Sea Express (IBX)/Black Sea Turkey Service (BTS) from 29 January 2024. The service calls at Ambarli, Varna, Constanza, Ambarli using the 1,803 teu YM INVENTIVE on a 7 day rotation. Intra-Black Sea Express(IBX)/Black Sea Turkey Service (BTS) port rotation
ONE will revise the port rotation of its Adriatic Israel Butterfly (AIB) service to call at Valencia, Alexandria, Koper, Venice, Ancona, Damietta, Valencia on an extended rotation that will turn in 4 weeks compared to the current 3 weeks rotation calling at Damietta, Koper, Trieste, Venice, Ancona, Piraeus, Alexandria, Damietta. The hub port will be changed from Damietta to Valencia as the Asia-Med services operated by ONE within THE Alliance has been diverted from the Suez to the Cape of Good
Tailwind Shipping has chartered the 917 teu FAITH and 1,118 teu WILHELMINE from January 2024 to provide connections between Koper and Barcelona. The move follows the diversion of Tailwind's vessels from the Suez to the Cape route on its China-Europe Panda Express (PEX) service. The PEX service originally calls at Qingdao, Ningbo, Dachan Bay, Colombo, Koper, Barcelona, Rotterdam, Qingdao but with the diversion to the Cape route since the beginning of December 2023, the call at Koper has been drop
CMA CGM will revamp two services connecting Libya with East Med ports from January 2024. The Turkey Libya Express (TULYB) will be revised to call Aliaga, Gemlik, Ambarli, Alexandria, Misurata, Aliaga from 17 January 2024 on a 14 day rotation using 2 ships, the 1,122 teu JAGUAR and 1,114 teu ATLANTIC MERCHANT. The service will drop its current calls at Gebze, Piraeus and Limassol with the total turn time reduced from 3 weeks to 2 weeks. The Greece Turkey Libya Express (GTL) will be revised to
FESCO has launched a new FESCO Egypt Direct Line (FEDL) service from 13 December 2023 connecting Novorossiysk, Alexandria, Novorossiysk with the 1,118 teu FESCO ASKOLD. The service will turn in 13-14 days using a single ship. The FEDL service is operated by Dalreftrans, FESCO’s temperature-controlled cargo transportation affiliate and is aimed at the transport of fruits and refrigerated products from Egypt to Russia while it will transport containerised lumber, fertilisers, leguminous crops and
Maersk has launched a new Tunis Cagliari feeder service using roro ships connecting Cagliari, Tunis (Rades), Cagliari. The service was launched on 11 November 2023 with the 11,630 dwt roro cargo ship WEDELLSBORG that was previously operated by Italian carrier Grupo Grendi on the domestic Cagliari-Carrara Marine Cagliari line service. The WEDELLSBORG is able to carry up to 773 teu of containers. The new feeder service calls at the Tunis-Rades Terminal and the Grendi Trasporti Marittimi Terminal