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
CMA CGM has launched a new Pakistan Khalifa Express (PIKEX) service calling at Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Sohar, Karachi, Jebel Ali from 11 April 2025. The service turns in 10 days on a rolling schedule using the geared 2,564 teu CMA CGM ZANZIBAR.
Evergreen has split the OCEAN Alliance PNW3 - Asia Northwest Persian Gulf (ANP) service into 2 separate services in order to minimize schedule disruptions caused by the persistent port congestion at Vancouver which have faced berthing delays of up to 7 days. The PNW3 - Asia Northwest Persian Gulf (ANP) was originally slated to operate as a Middle East-Far East-US West Coast pendulum service calling at Dammam, Umm Qasr, Jebel Ali, Port Klang Westport, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Sh
Maersk will launch a new Safina service connecting Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Salalah, Duqm, Jebel Ali, Colombo, Singapore from 23 February 2025, replacing its existing Safina that it operates jointly with X-Press Feeders as the China Jebel Ali X-Press (CJX). The existing Safina/CJX calls at Shanghai, Ningbo and Shekou will be removed while new calls at Salalah and Duqm are added. The revised service will turn in 5 weeks using ships of 2,000-3,000 teu.
SeaLead has updated the port rotation on its Far East Asia-Middle East (FAM) service to call at Qingdao, Xingang, Dalian, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Hamad, Khor Fakkan, Nansha, Qingdao. A new call at Hamad has been added from 13 December 2024, replacing the previous call at Sohar.
ONE has joined Emirates Shipping (ESL), Global Feeder Shipping (GFS) and KMTC on the Far East-Middle East GLX/GALEX/AIM service as a vessel operator from 1 November 2024. ONE has added the 6,765 teu HYUNDAI BUSAN to the service from 11 December 2024, replacing one of ESL's ships that form part of the 7 ships of 6,500 teu to 8,500 teu on the service. TS Lines and RCL also participate on the service as slot buyers.
COSCO has launched a new Oman-UAE X-Press (OUX) service connecting Abu Dhabi, Sohar, Ajman, Abu Dhabi from 18 October 2024. The weekly service turns in 7 days and deploys the 1,049 teu OKEE AURELIA.
SeaLead will introduce a new Mediterranean Gulf Express (MGX) service connecting Jebel Ali, Djibouti, Aliaga, Damietta, Jebel Ali from 19 October 2024. The MGX will turn in 4 weeks and deploy 4 ships of 1,500-1,700 teu starting with the 1,725 teu SHUN LONG.
Emirates Shipping Line (ESL), Global Feeder Shipping (GFS), KMTC and TS Lines (TSL) will launch a new South China-Middle East Express (SMX/Sirius/AIM3) service calling at Nansha, Dachan Bay, Port Klang, Jebel Ali, Hamad, Nansha from 8 November 2024. The SMX/Sirius/AIM3 will turn in 35 days and deplaus 5 ships of 3,000 to 4,400 teu, starting with the 4,395 teu REN JIAN 27 from KMTC at Nansha on 8 November 2024, following by the 4,395 teu REN JIAN 16 and REN JIAN 19 from ESL, 2,954 teu TS COLOMBO