MSC will launch a new Europe-Red Sea-Middle East Express service from 10 May 2026 calling at Gdansk, Klaipeda, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Valencia, Barcelona, Gioia Tauro, Abu Kir, King Abdullah Port, Jeddah, Aqaba. The service will operate on a single direction, using ships of 14,000 teu to 16,000 teu that will switch in and out of the rotation within the MSC network. It replaces the current West Med to Red Sea service serves the same route on a truncated basis starting from Barcelona, Valencia or G
MSC will launch a new Lekki-Lome-Lagos Feeder service connecting Lekki, Lome, Lagos, Tincan Island, Lekki from 30 May 2026 with the 3,534 teu MSC RABAT IV
MSC has relaunched its China-India Osprey extra loader service that will start on 28 April 2026 with the 5,041 teu MSC TAMPA V at Qingdao followed by the 9,200 teu MSC MADELEINE at Ningbo on 7 May and the 6,492 teu MSC AQUARIUS VII at Qingdao on 15 May. These ships will provide direct connections to Mundra to cater for the increased demand on the corridor due to the Middle East war.
MSC has finally launched the long-delayed Asia-Med Phoenix service to take advantage of increased demand for Iraqi cargo via the East Med gateway through Turkey. The new Phoenix service will call at Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Iskenderun, Trieste, Koper, Rijeka, Aliaga, Singapore, Busan from 2 April 2026. The service will turn in 16 weeks and will deploy ships of 8,000 to 11,000 teu starting with the 9,178 teu SANTA LINEA at Busan on 2 April 2026. The next 2 sailings have been co
MSC will launch a new Firehorse service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Singapore, Surabaya, Semarang, Singapore, Shanghai from 5 March 2026. The service will turn in 28 days and will deploy 4 ships of 2,500 teu starting with the 2,546 teu MSC PALATIUM III at Shanghai on 5 March. MSC will also launch a new Kouprey service connecting Sihanoukville, Singapore, Sihanoukville from 27 February with the 1,708 teu SEA STAR 1. These changes are part of a larger upgrade of MSC's intra-Asia services that a
MSC's North Europe to Canada service (Canada Express) will be extended with new calls at Spain and Portugal ports from the end of December 2025. The extended Canada Express will call at Malaga, Sines, Vigo, Gijon, Bilbao, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Le Havre, Montreal, Halifax, Malaga starting from 18 December 2025. Total service turnaround time will be extended to 6 weeks from the current 4 weeks using 6 ships of 2,000 to 3,700 teu.
MSC's Dragon service has been reconfigured into a full westbound Round-The-World (RTW) service calling at Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Nansha, Yantian, Singapore, Malta, Gioia Tauro, Genoa, La Spezia, Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga, Sines, New York, Boston, Norfolk, Charleston, Freeport, Busan. The extended Dragon service will add a new Transatlantic leg to the former Asia-Mediterranean service along with US East Coast and Bahamas connections to the Far East. The Transatlantic calls have been int
MSC's Albatros service has been reconfigured into a full westbound Round-The-World (RTW) service calling at Xingang, Dalian, Kwangyang, Ningbo, Yantian, Singapore, Felixstowe, London Gateway, Bremerhaven, Gdansk, Boston, New York, Freeport (ad hoc), Xingang. The extended Albatros service will add a new Transatlantic leg to the former Asia-North Europe service along with US East Coast and Bahamas connections to the Far East. The ad-hoc Transatlantic calls have been introduced since September 202
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.