CMA CGM will combine its existing Asia Subcontinent Express (AS1) and Pearl River Express (PEARL) into a new Pearl AS1 Pendulum Service (PEARLAS1) from 30 March 2026. The extended service will turn in 98 days using 14 ships of 8,000 teu to 11,400 teu to call at Haiphong, Xiamen, Nansha, Yantian, Los Angeles, Kwangyang, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Karachi, Colombo, Singapore, Haiphong. Existing OCEAN Alliance partners COSCO, OOCL and Evergreen as well as ON
The OCEAN Alliance partners (CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL and Evergreen) and ONE will remove 1 of the 3 Transatlantic services that they jointly operate from March 2026 as part of a service rationalisation exercise. The average capacity operated by the 4 partners will be reduced from 21,500 teu to 15,500 teu weekly. The South Atlantic (SATL) service calling at Le Havre, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Southampton, Charleston, Savannah, Le Havre using 5 ships of 6,300-6,500 teu from ONE and Evergreen will be with
The OCEAN Alliance NEU4 service that is operated by CMA CGM as the FAL1 will make its return to the Suez route eastbound from 6 April 2026. The move is confirmed in the OCEAN Alliance's DAY 10 product announcement that was announced by CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL and Evergreen on 21 January 2026. CMA CGM had earlier rerouted from the Cape of Good Hope to the Suez on 2 eastbound FAL1 voyages on 5 January and 17 January 2026 before announcing on 20 January 2026 that it will return to the Cape route. Ho
CMA CGM will add a new direct call at Cai Mep on the Asia-Med MEX1 service, which is operated within the Ocean Alliance MED2 service that is branded as the AEM2 by COSCO, WM2 by OOCL and MEX1 by Evergreen. The new rotation will call at Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Nansha, Shekou, Singapore, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, Marsaxlokk, Port Klang, Qingdao with the first call at Cai Mep scheduled on 27 October 2025 on the 16,022 teu CMA CGM JULES VERNE. The service will retain a 14 week turn
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
MSC will have better market coverage and a larger market share compared to the Gemini Cooperation despite operating as the sole independent carrier on the East-West trades following the alliance reshuffle in February 2025. MSC will be able to offer the same or a larger number of weekly sailings on all of the 4 main routes than Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, using its self-operated services as well as selective partnerships with Premier Alliance on the North Europe and Med routes and with Zim on the US
The new OCEAN Alliance NEU3 Asia-North Europe service that was scheduled to start on 23 March 2025 with the 14,566 teu COSCO SHIPPING HIMALAYAS at Shanghai has been postponed. The new service is branded as AEU7 by COSCO, LL3 by OOCL, FAL7 by CMA CGM and NE7 by Evergreen. The inaugural sailing will call at Shanghai, Xiamen, Nansha, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Hamburg, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Valencia, Port Klang, Singapore with changes expected in subsequent sailings, as the original c
The OCEAN Alliance carriers will have the largest market share and widest market coverage in 2025 after they unveiled their Day 9 product that will be launched in April this year. 3 additional Alliance services will be added to their existing service network, giving them a dominant position on the Transpacific market with 15 sailings to the West Coast and 8 sailings to the East Coast. It will also have the widest coverage to North Europe with a 7th service to be added, matching MSC’s coverage t
The 4 Ocean Alliance partners (CMA CGM, COSC, OOCL and Evergreen) have unveiled their new Day 9 product that will start from April 2025, with the addition of 1 new Asia-North Europe service and 2 new Asia-US West Coast services. Details of the new services as follows * Asia-North Europe Loop 3 (NEU3/AEU3/LL3/NE7) calling at Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Zeebrugge, Felixstowe, Port Klang, Shanghai * Asia-Pacific Southwest PSW11 (SEA3/PSX) callin
ONE will join the OCEAN Alliance carriers - CMA CGM, COSCO/OOCL and Evergreen - to operate 3 transatlantic services connecting North Europe to US East Coast and Gulf Coast from February 2024. The 4 partners will jointly operate the following services: * North Atlantic (NATL) service connecting Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, New York, Norfolk, Baltimore, Southampton using 6 ships of 10,600 teu (3 from COSCO/OOCL, 2 from CMA CGM and 1 from Evergreen) and brande