Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have launched a new Gemini Cooperation feeder service branded as Middle East Shuttle 6 (M06) / Pakistan Service 2 (PK2) to connect Salalah, Port Qasim, Salalah from 13 May 2025. The service turns in 7 days using 2 ships of 2,500-3,500 teu to provide 2 sailings a week.
ONE and Samudera's newly upgraded Thailand India Gulf (TIG) service will drop calls at Nhava Sheva and Mundra from 18 May 2025 due to ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. The revised TIG will call at Laem Chabang, Singapore, Karachi, Dammam, Jebel Ali, Port Qasim, Colombo, Singapore, Laem Chabang. The TIG has been calling at Laem Chabang, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Dammam, Jebel Ali, Colombo, Singapore, Laem Chabang since 16 April 2025, turning in 35 days using 5 ships of 3,000 teu
CMA CGM will remove calls at Karachi and Port Qasim on 4 of its services that also serves Indian ports from 9 May 2025 due to the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. The affected services are EPIC, MEDEX, INDAMEX and AS1. Cargo to and from Pakistan will be redirected to the Pakistan Khalifa Express (PIKEX) that has been revised to call at Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Karachi, Port Qasim, Colombo, Karachi, Jebel Ali with connections at the Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi and Colombo hubs to other CMA CGM
CMA CGM has launched a new Pakistan Khalifa Express (PIKEX) service calling at Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Sohar, Karachi, Jebel Ali from 11 April 2025. The service turns in 10 days on a rolling schedule using the geared 2,564 teu CMA CGM ZANZIBAR.
Dubai based Feeder Lines has launched a new Feeder Asian XPress (FAX) service that will provide ad hoc connections between Port Klang, Colombo, Mundra, Jebel Ali, Karachi, Chittagong, Belawan, Port Klang. The service will operate on an irregular schedule with the 2,070 teu YUAN XIANG FA ZHAN that joined the service at Port Klang on 8 October 2024. The ship called at Chittagong on 10 November 2024, marking the first direct container service to connect Pakistan and Bangladesh.