MSC has launched a new Sambar service connecting Dalian, Incheon, Xingang, Qingdao, Da Chan Bay, Dong Nai, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Penang, Pasir Gudang, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Cai Mep, Busan, Dalian from 29 October 2025. The Sambar service will turn in 6 weeks using 6 ships of 4,000-4,500 teu starting with the 4,056 teu MSC DIEGO at Dalian on 29 October.
MSC will merge its Japan-Southeast Asia Origami service with the Singapore-Kenya/Tanzania Oryx service from 9 November 2025 into an enhanced Origami service that will call at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Busan, Ningbo, Singapore, Colombo, Mombasa, Dar es Salam, Singapore, Kaohsiung, Busan, Tokyo. The enhanced Origami will turn in 1o weeks using 10 ships of 4,000 to 5,000 teu starting with the 4,294 teu MSC GENERAL IV at Tokyo on 9 November.
MSC will launch a new Cheetah service connecting Singapore, Colombo, Beira, Nacala, Singapore from November 2025. The service will turn 5 weeks using 5 ships of 2,500 teu starting with the 2,532 teu MSC SHEFFIELD III at Singapore on 3 November 2025.
MSC will add new calls at Abu Dhabi and Itapoa on its Far East-East Coast South America Carioca service from October 2025. The revised Carioca rotation will call at Qingdao, Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Vizhinjam, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Paranagua, Itapoa, Itajai, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Itajai, Navegantes, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Walvis Bay, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Qingdao. The service will turn in 16 weeks using up to 16 ships of 8,500 to 11,500 teu.
MSC has added a new Intra E-Med String 2 service connectng Piraeus, Lattakia, Tartous, Mersin, Beirut, Piraeus from 7 September 2025. The service is scheduled to turn in 7 day to 10 days using the 847 teu MED URLA.
MSC will add a new Sri Lanka to Abu Dhabi service connecting Colombo, Abu Dhabi, Colombo from 14 October 2025. The service will turn in 14 days using the 2,015 teu AS ALVA and 2,478 teu MSC FALCON III.
WEC Lines will upgrade 2 of its existing services connecting the North Continent with Iberia/Canary Islands. The new NWC Portugal (NWC PT) will call at Rotterdam, Moerdijk, Antwerp, Vigo, Leixoes, Setubal, Montoir, Rotterdam, turning in 14 days using 2 ships of 1,000 teu (WEC VAN RIJN and WEC DE HOOGH) from 30 August 2025. The NWC Canary Islands (NWC CAI) will call at Hamburg, Thamesburg, Moerdijk, Bilbao, Vigo, Leixoes, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, Sines, Hamburg, turning in 21 days using 3 ships
MSC will launch a revised USA-West Africa-South Africa Express (USWASA Express), service from 1 October 2025, with the addition of new calls at West Africa to replace its current USA to South Africa service that it jointly operates with Maersk. The USWASA will call at New York, Baltimore, Savannah, Freeport, Lome, Durban, Coega, Cape Town, San Pedro, New York with an additional call at Philadelphia to added on a seasonal basis. The service will turn in 9 weeks and will deploy 9 ships of 2,500
MSC will introduce a new Asia-West Africa Iroko service connecting Ningbo, Nansha, Singapore, Pointe Noire, Contonou, Lagos, Onne, Lobito, Singapore, Xiamen, Ningbo from 10 September 2025.
MSC will launch a new Far East-South America West Coast Alpaca service connecting Nansha, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Busan, Callao, Arica, Iquique, San Antonio, Nansha from September 2025. The first sailing is scheduled at Ningbo on 23 September with the 4,600 teu MSC LOME V, with up to 8 ships of 4,200 to 5,000 teu slated to join the service.