ONE and HMM will launch a new Mediterranean Africa Express (MAX)/Mediterranean-West Africa 2 (MA2) service connecting Algeciras, Tangier, Dakar, Tema, Lekki, Abidjan, Algeciras from 7 July 2026. The MAX/MA2 service will turn in 35 days using 5 ships of 2,700 to 2,800 teu.
ONE has launched a new Japan Korea Shuttle (JKS) offering a high frequency service that connects Busan, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Busan, Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Busan from 3 April 2026. The service turns in 21 days using 3 ships on alternate rotations with the Japan Shuttle West calling Tokyo first while the Japan Shuttle East will call at Kobe first to provide the fastest connections to and from Busan. It will replace the OCEAN Alliance FP1 service that provided direct connections from the 3 Japanese p
ONE will launch a new Iberia Baltic Express (IBX) service connecting Leixoes, Lisbon, Southampton, Rotterdam, Gdansk, Riga, Klaipeda, Gdynia, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Leixoes from 18 May 2026. The service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 1,000 to 1,800 teu starting with the 1,781 teu LANGENESS on 18 May 2026 at Southampton and the 1,528 teu SINAR BUKITTINGGI on 20 May 2026 at Leixoes, followed by the 1,084 teu SVENDBORG and 1,436 teu ESSENSE to make up the quartet.
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has launched a new Japan Thailand Vietnam Indian subcontinent (JTI) service connecting Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimizu, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Cai Mep, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Port Klang, Nhava Sheva, Pipavav, Karachi, Port Qasim, Colombo, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Tokyo from 4 April 2026. The new service will turn in 63 days and deploy 9 ships of 4,400 to 5,000 teu starting with the 4,432 teu BAI CHAY BRIDGE at Laem Chabang on 23 March 2026 on for a short northbound trip befor
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
ONE will start to take slots on the Red Sea-China Service (RCS) from 15 January 2026. The RCS is a joint service operated by GFS, ESL, RCL and TSL calling at Shanghai, Qingdao, Nansha, Shekou, Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba, Jeddah, Shanghai that was first launched on 14 November 2025 and branded as RCS by GFS, China Red Sea Connector (ECRC) by ESL , RCR by RCL and RCX by TSL. The service turns in 8 weeks and initially deploys 5 ships of 2,500 to 3,600 teu on a rolling schedule, and is expected to be up
The Premier Alliance’s Far East Pacific 1 (FP1) pendulum service connecting North Europe-Asia-US West Coast will be split from April 2026 into 2 separate loops. The Japanese port calls on the FP1 will no longer be offered in the upsized Far East-Europe 1 (FE1) service with larger ships of 13,000-15,000 TEU set to replace the current 9,000 TEU ships deployed on the FP1. Details of the 2 revised loops as follows:- * Far East-Europe 1 (FE1) calling at Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Singapore, Rotterdam,
ONE, HMM and Yang Ming have announced their new 2026 East-West Service network to be operated under the Premier Alliance framework starting from April 2026 with the addition of 2 new Transpacific services on the Pacific Southwest (PSW). Details of the 2 new services as follows: * Vietnam Shuttle Express (VSE) calling at Singapore, Cai Mep, Haiphong, Los Angeles or Long Beach, Busan, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore. * Pacific South 8 (PS8) calling at Qingdao, Ningbo, Los Angeles or Long Beach, Oak
X-Press Feeders will launch a new Spain Portugal X-Press 2 (SPX 2) service connecting Valencia, Lisbon, Casablanca, Valencia from 22 October 2025. ONE will take slots on the service that it brands as Spain Portugal Morocco (SPM). The SPX 2 / SPM service will turn in 14 days and will operate initially with a single ship on a fortnightly frequency using the 646 teu PERSEUS.
Taiwanese liners' July monthly revenue in aggregate was up by 10% month on month against CCFI's 2% monthly on month rise. The revenue is still down by 32% year on year. As read through to the entire industry, the two consecutive months of sequential growth in revenue give may have giving the liners a chance to see sequential growth in earnings, which is also what ONE has guided in its recent results report. ONE is guiding $362mn as EBIT for calendar period 3Q 2025 against $38mn in 2Q 2025 and $