Containership traffic through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is set to break all previous records with more than 25 sailings expected this year, compared to just 15 voyages in 2025 and 11 voyages in 2024. This year will also see the first transit by a South Korean ship, with Panstar Shipping launching its own Arctic Route Service with the 2,786 teu PANSTAR ACRO (ex-HMM MOMBASA) that was acquired by Panstar from HMM on 1 August 2026. The ship is scheduled to sail from Busan on 22 August 2026 and w
OVP Shipping and Sidra Line have launched a new West Africa Service (WAF) connecting Derince, Ambarli, El Dekhelia, Casablanca, Kamsar, Conakry, Derince from 3 March 2026. The service will operate on an irregular frequency with initial sailings to be provide every 32 to 42 days, using the 420 teu WU ZHOU GLORY. A second ship is scheduled to be added at the end of April 2026.
Ocean Silk Line (OSL), an affiliate of OVP Shipping, will launch a new intra-Med service in a partnership with Sidra Line. The service will deploy 3 ships of 500-900 teu that will cover 2 inter-looping services connecting Turkey and Libya:- * Turkey North Africa Express (TNX) / Marmara-Med loop calling at Izmit, Ambarli, Alexandria, Misurata, Benghazi, Rades, Izmit * South Turkey North Africa Express (SNX) / Intra-Med loop calling at Iskenderun, Alexandria, Benghazi, Latakia, Iskenderun OVP/
Newly established carrier Sea Legend has launched its own China to Red Sea and East Med connections via the Suez Canal that advertises Chinese Naval escorts and commercial armed guards on board their ships. The new service takes advantage of soaring freight rates to Red Sea and Med destinations due to the diversion of over 70% of the containership capacity to the Cape route since December 2023. The Sea Legend service connects Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Djibouti, Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba, P
OVP Shipping has launched a new Baltic Sea direct service that connects Qingdao, Ningbo, Taicang, Nansha, St Petersburg, Qingdao. The service started on 16 January 2023 from Qingdao with the 3,081 teu STONEWELL GLORY. A second sailing is planned in February with the 1,878 teu ALLSEAS PIONEER but the voyage has been delayed due to vessel repairs. From the end of February 2023, OVP will also offer direct connections to St Petersburg through slots on the Safetrans service that will operate on a f
OVP Shipping/海液通船務 has launched a Qingdao-Novorossiyk service using the 1,581 teu HONG PROSPERITY. The ship departed from Qingdao on 18 November 2022 and called at Ningbo, Taicang, Dachan Bay, Jebel Ali, Ambarli before arriving at Novorossiyk on 3 January 2023. OVP was established on 28 Dec 2020 in Hong Kong, with OVP Shipping (Hainan) as its general agent in China with the main business of LNG tank shipping transportation covering China to North Asia and South Asia corridors. OVP launched a N