Newly established Midline Shipping will launch a new Italy-Turkey-Libya service from 23 May 2025 using the roro ship MIMER to connect Venice, Brindisi, Misurata, Benghazi, Izmir, Benghazi, Misurata, Venice. MIMER provides total roro capacity of 1,032 lane meters and has a container capacity for 120 teu on deck.
Global Feeder Shipping (GFS) and ONE will launch a new Spain Turkey Service 2 (ST2) from 10 May 2025 calling at Algeciras, Valencia, Barcelona, Alexandria, Damietta, Aliaga, Izmit, Algeciras. The service will turn in 3 weeks and will deploy 3 ships of 1,400-1,600 teu starting with the 1,440 teu CAPT. KATTELMANN at Damietta on 10 May 2025.
COSCO Shipping has launched a new North Africa Service (NAS) connecting Valencia, Algiers, Valencia from 25 February 2025. The service turns in 7 days using the 652 teu MEDKON RIZE and 925 teu CONTSHIP IVY to provide 2 sailings each week. .
Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new Portugal Tangier Express (PTX) service connecting Tangier, Lisbon, Vigo, Leixoes, Tangier from 17 March 2025 with the 1,440 teu GFS SAPPHIRE on a weekly rotation that will provide connections between Iberian ports as well as transshipment options at Tangier to Hapag-Lloyd’s global network.
CMA CGM and Tarros will renew their current cooperation on the Mediterranean Pendulum Service (MPS)/Great Pendulum Service (GPS) in February 2025 following the departure of Arkas from their current joint service. The revised MPS/GPS service will call at Genoa, La Spezia, Barcelona, Casablanca, Leixoes, Setubal, Valencia, Barcelona, Marseille, La Spezia, Genoa, Salerno, Piraeus, Beirut, Mersin, Latakia, Alexandria, Salerno, Genoa from 23 February 2025. The service will turn in 6 weeks using 6 sh
CMA CGM will launch a new Egypt Greece Algeria Line (EGAL) calling at Alexandria, Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Malta, Annaba, Alexandria from February 2025. The EGAL will turn in 28 days and will deploy 4 ships of 1,300-1,400 teu. Originally scheduled to start on 12 February 2025, the first sailing has been delayed to 19 February 2025 with the 1,338 teu ATLANTIC SILVER at Alexandria.
Unimed has introduced a new Turkey-Bulgaria feeder service calling at Ambarli, Burgas, Varna, Izmit, Ambarli from 23 January 2025. The service will turn in 7 days on a weekly frequency using the 679 teu NINA A with the call at Izmit (Safiport Derince) omitted for the first 6 rotations and will start from 5 March 2025. CMA CGM and Zim will take slots on this service that is branded as the Intra Aegean Express (IAX1) and Turkiye Black Sea Line (TBL) respectively.
Arkas will launch a new Blue Med Service (BMS) calling at Alexandria, Beirut, Lattakia, Mersin, Aliaga, Genoa, La Spezia, Tangier, Casablanca, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, Genoa, La Spezia, Salerno, Alexandria from 15 February 2025. The BMS will turn in 35 days using 5 ships of 1,400 to 2,400 teu starting with the 1,604 teu WANDA A at Alexandria on 13 February 2025. CMA CGM will take slots on part of the service as the Alexandria Express (ALYEX) that will only serve Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa, La
CMA CGM will add a new Odessa Express (ODX) service connecting Piraeus, Odeassa, Ambarli, Piraeus from 24 January 2025. The ODX service turn in 14 days and will deploy 2 ships of 1,100-1,500 teu starting with the 1,118 teu LILA CANADA at Piraeus on 24 January followed by the 1,550 teu TJ ORHAN on 31 January.
Maersk will launch a new SLN (Mediterranean Sea C) service calling at Barcelona, Valencia, Algeciras, Casablanca, Tangier Med, Mersin, Haifa, Alexandria, Fos, Barcelona from 12 January 2025. The service will replace its existing SLZ (Mediterranean Sea A) and SLH (Mediterranean Sea B) services that Maersk operates jointly with Arkas. The SLZ calls at Barcelona, Genoa, Alexandria, Beirut, Mersin, Aliaga, Algeciras, Tangier Med, Valencia, Barelona while the SLH calls at Barcelona, Valencia, Casabl