CMA CGM has redirected a ship on the Europe Pakistan India Consortium (EPIC) service to the Suez route despite the escalation in the Middle East conflict since 13 June 2025. The 11,388 teu CMA CGM AQUILA is heading from Algeciras to the Red Sea and is scheduled to transit the Suez Canal on 17 June 2025 before calling at Jeddah on 20 June, Abu Dhabi on 28 June and Jebel Ali on 30 June. The shorter Suez route will allow CMA CGM to cut the transit time from Europe to Abu Dhabi by about 10 days and
CMA CGM will return to the Suez route on the Med Express (MEDEX) service from June 2025 with a new rotation calling at Abu Dhabi, Jebel Ali, Karachi (temporarily omitted), Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Colombo, Jeddah, Piraeus, Malta, Genoa, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi. The new rotation will turn in 10 weeks using 10 ships of 6,000 to 10,000 teu operated by CMA CGM starting with the 9,658 teu CMA CGM PELLEAS at Abu Dhabi on 27 May 2025. The first MEDEX westbound transit on the Suez is sc