CU Lines and GT Lines will jointly launch a new China Gulf Service (GCS)/Khor Fakkan China Express (KCX1) service calling at Shanghai, Nansha, Khor Fakkan, Shanghai. The service will operate on a fortnightly basis, turning in 42 days using 3 ships of 1,200 teu to 1,500 teu starting from 27 April 2026 with the 1,354 teu XING DONG 88 operated by CU Lines and 1,510 teu newbuilding NAN HAI ZHI YUAN operated by GT Lines, with a 3rd ship that is still to be named.
CU Lines has added a new China Gulf Express (CGX) service using tonnage of up to 10,000 teu, including several ships taken over from SeaLead in April 2026. The new service will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Nansha, Port Klang, Mundra, Karachi, Sohar, Khor Fakkan, Qingdao with the first sailing by the 10,114 teu EXPRESS BERLIN at Qingdao on 27 April 2026. The 6,758 teu RACINE had already started 2 weeks earlier from 12 April as an extra loader from China to Khor Fakkan and will also
Greta Shipping has launched a new China-Gulf Express 1 (CGX1) service connecting Qingdao, Ningbo, Jebel Ali, Qingdao from 24 December 2025. The service is scheduled to turn in 42 days using a single ship, the 1,831 teu CSTAR VOYAGER. The service will connect at Jebel Ali on its new Kuwait Feeder Service (KWF) that is operated jointly with Hapag-Lloyd, replacing its former Jebel Ali-Karachi Express (JKX) service from 15 December 2025. The new KWF calls at Jebel Ali, Shuaiba, Shuwaikh, Jebel Ali,
Ningbo Ocean Shipping (NBOSCO) has restarted China-Middle East Gulf Express (CGX) service as a vessel operator on the Milaha, Sinokor, Unifeeder service that is branded respectively as Milaha Gulf Express (MGX), Sinokor Gulf Service 1 (SGX1) and China Gulf Express (CGE). NBOSCO has added the 4,250 teu WADI BANI KHALID to the service from 30 October 2025 and takes over the vacant slot after CU Lines' departure from the service earlier this year. The service is currently operated with 5 ships of
X-Press Feeders has launched 2 new service connecting the Middle East Gulf and Pakistan to replace the existing Karachi Gulf X-press (KGX) service operated by X-Press Feeders and the Karachi-Jebel Ali (KJK) service operated by GFS. The new Karachi Gulf Sohar X-Press (KGS) will call at Jebel Ali, Sohar, Karachi, Port Qasim, Sohar, Abu Dhabi, Jebel Ali from 8 November 2025. The service will turn in 14 days using the 4,350 GFS GENESIS and GFS GISELLE that are chartered by X-Press Feeders. The rev
CMA CGM will add a new JMX2 service connecting Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Shuaiba, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi from 19 November 2025. The service is branded as the Jebel Ali Middle East Express 2 (JMX2) even though it does not call at Jebel Ali but calls at the Khalifa port in Abu Dhabi. The service will turn in 7 days using the 2,202 teu MYD HANGZHOU.
Premier Alliance carriers (HMM, ONE and Yang Ming) will split its current Mediterranean Pacific South 2 (MS2) into 2 separate services covering the Asia-Med Mediterranean 2 (MD2) service and the Middle East Gulf-US Gulf Pacific South 2 (GS2) service. The move will allow ONE to remove 10 China built ships currently deployed on the MS2 service from the US with the planned USTR port fee scheduled to take effect from October 2025. The current MS2 service deploys up to 21 ships of 13,000-15,000 teu
MSC will change the pairing of the Far East-Middle East Clanga service once again, dropping the planned combination with the Sentosa service to the PSW and switching to a new combination with the Chinook service to the PNW. The new Chinook-Clanga service will start from 6 June 2025 calling at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Dammam, Hamad, Cai Mep, Haiphong, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Busan, Qingdao. The new pendulum
ONE and Samudera's newly upgraded Thailand India Gulf (TIG) service will drop calls at Nhava Sheva and Mundra from 18 May 2025 due to ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. The revised TIG will call at Laem Chabang, Singapore, Karachi, Dammam, Jebel Ali, Port Qasim, Colombo, Singapore, Laem Chabang. The TIG has been calling at Laem Chabang, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Dammam, Jebel Ali, Colombo, Singapore, Laem Chabang since 16 April 2025, turning in 35 days using 5 ships of 3,000 teu
MSC will combine their FE-ME Clanga service with the FE-USWC Sentosa service turning it into a ME-FE-USWC pendulum service. The new Sentosa - Clanga service will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Singapore, Karachi, Dammam, Hamad, Bahrain, Colombo, Port Klang, Singapore, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Oakland, Yokohama, Qingdao and is expected to start from 17 May 2025 with the newly delivered 11,400 teu MSC FLORA. The Sentosa - Clanga service will turn in 112 day