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.
Mexico has been a key beneficiary of the container traffic boom in the last 2 years where Mexican ports have enjoyed a significant spillover of North American cargo demand