MSC has removed its FE-USEC connections on the Santana service with calls at New York omitted from April 2024. The last New York call on the service was made by the 15,264 teu MSC MARTINA MARIA on 29 March 2024 with subsequent sailings on the Santana shortened to a revised Far East-Mexico-Panama-Dominican Republic service calling at Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Manzanillo (Mexico), Cristobal, Colon (Coco Solo), Caucedo, Yantian. The revised Santana turns in 11 weeks using up to 11 ships
MSC will launch a new Asia-Mexico West Coast (Mexicas) service calling at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Manzanillo (Mex), Lazaro Cardenas, Qingdao from 15 May 2024. The Mexicas service will turn in 6 to 7 weeks and will deploy ships of 4,000-7,000 teu starting with the 6,492 teu MSC APOLLO at Qingdao on 15 May 2024. MSC Asia-Mexico West Coast (Mexicas) service
CMA CGM will launch a new M2X Mexico Express service calling at Xingang, Qingdao, Busan, Ensenada, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Yokohama, Busan, Xingang from 11 May 2024. The M2X will turn in 56 days using 8 ships of 4,200 teu starting from 11 May 2024 with the 4,253 teu ANL WANGARATTA at Busan. The service will compete directly with COSCO/OOCL's newly launched WSA5/TLP5 service that will start on 6 May 2024 calling at Busan, Dalian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Ensenada, Manzanillo, Ensenanda,
COSCO and OOCL will jointly launch a new Asia-Mexico WSA5/TLP5 service from 6 May 2024 calling at Busan, Dalian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Ensenada, Manzanillo, Ensenanda, Yokohama, Busan. The WSA5/TLP5 will turn in 8 weeks using 8 ships of 4,000 to 6,000 teu starting with the 5,668 teu XIN DA LIAN at Ningbo on 6 May 2024.
Bengal Tiger Lines (BTL) will launch a new Rio Grande-Buenos Aires-Montevideo (RBM) feeder service from 22 May 2024. The RBM service will turn weekly with the 1,756 teu TIGER PLATA (ex MAHAWELI). It will provide connections at Rio Grande to and from Buenos Aires and Montevideo, serving primarily HMM's Far East-India-Latin Amerca (FIL) service that will be truncated with the existing calls at Buenos Aires and Montevideo removed while a new call at Rio Grande's Tecon terminal is added. The revis
6 carriers on the Asia-East Coast South America trade (CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL, Evergreen, PIL and Yang Ming) will upgrade their 2 existing strings from May 2024, with average weekly capacity to rise from 21,300 teu to 24,000 teu. The first string branded as SEAS2/ESA2/TLA2/ESA3/SSA/SA5 by CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL, Evergreen, PIL and Yang Ming respectively will call at Xingang, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Paranagua, Itapoa, Navegantes, Santos, Colombo, Singapo
ONE has replaced its Florida Latin Express (FLX) service with a new FLX service through slots on CMA CGM/COSCO's Americas XL/North America East Coast-West Coast South America (NEWS) service. The 4 ships of 1,100 to 1,700 teu that ONE had formerly operated on the FLX has all been redeployed and have been replaced by the revised FLX service from 1 February 2024, with ONE purchasing 600 teu per week from CMA CGM on the Americas XL. The Americas XL/NEWS is currently operated by CMA CGM and COSCO u
Unifeeder has added 2 new Venezuela services that will call alternately at Guanta/Guaranao and Maracaibo using 2 ships of 1,100 teu on separate 14 day rotations. The Unifeeder Venezuela service 1 (Guanta/Guaranao) will deploy the 1,118 teu SC PHILLY from 16 April 2024 to call at Cartagena, Manzanillo (Pan), Oranjestad, Willemstad, Guanta/Guaranao (alternate calls), Cartagena. The Unifeeder Venezuela service 2 (Maracaibo) will deploy the 1,118 teu NOAH from 23 April 2024 to call at Cartagena,
Unifeeder will add a new Aruba and Curacao feeder service connecting Cartagena, Oranjestad, Willemstad, Cartagena from 1 March 2024 with the 642 teu ELLA Y. SThe new service is Unifeeder's third Americas service, adding to the Panama-Colombia service launched in January 2024 connecting Manzanillo, Turbo, Cartagena, Barranquilla,Santa Marta, Cartagena, Manzanillo and the Hispaniola-Puerto Rico service launched in March 2023 connecting Caucedo, Port au Prince, San Juan, Caucedo.
Unifeeder has launched a second Latin America feeder service connecting Panama and Colombia with the 1,118 teu NOAH assigned to the new service from 3 February 2024. The Panama-Colombia feeder will call at Manzanillo, Turbo, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Manzanillo on a weekly basis. The new service will complement the Hispaniola-Puerto Rico service that was launched in March 2023. The service connects Caucedo, Port au Prince, San Juan, Caucedo with the 1,100 teu CONTSHIP DON