Global Feeder Shipping has restarted the India Med Service (IMS) to connect Nhava Sheva, Mundra, King Abdullah Port, Damietta, Latakia, Mersin, King Abdullah Port, Nhava Sheva from 14 July 2026, replacing its former WARM/IMS service operated with SeaLead and CUL. The service turns in around 40 days and currently operates with only 2 ships, the 2,542 teu SAFEEN PROSPER and 1,714 teu AL SEEF.
Maersk has launched a new 409 feeder service connecting Port Said and Jeddah through the Suez Canal from 27 August 2026. The service turns in 2 weeks and deploys the 4,822 teu MAERSK MAKUTU and 4,256 teu LISA on a rolling rotation.
MSC has restarted Red Sea transits with its own ships from August 2026 with at least 7 eastbound voyages through the Bab el Mandeb on in the last 2 weeks on various Europe-Med to China services. Although MSC has not made any formal announcements about the resumption of their trans-Suez services, these are set to become regular deployments with more Red Sea dark transits planned in the next 2 weeks. List of MSC transits are as follows:- * 23,782 teu MSC AMELIA on Med-China TIGER service made S
Messina will launch a new Red Sea Express (RSX) service connecting Nhava Sheva, Sohar, Jeddah, Nhava Sheva from 27 August 2026 with the newly chartered 917 teu BEHRAM BOX on a 20 day rotation.
COSCO Shipping will deploy its first ship through the Bab el Mandeb in more than 2 years with the 4,738 teu XIN HUI ZHOU set to return to the Red Sea on the revived RES4 service from 28 July 2026 connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Nansha, Sokhna, Shanghai. The service will only call at Sokhna on its maiden call scheduled on 19 August, but will add a Jeddah call on its second voyage scheduled on 7 October. COSCO has been offering regular weekly sailings to the Red Sea since March 2026 through
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
Zhonggu will upgrade its China Red Sea Express (CRX) to a regular weekly service to call at Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Jeddah, Aqaba, Sokhna, Shanghai from May 2026, with CU Lines joining as a vessel provider. The service will turn in 56 days using 8 ships of 1,700 to 2,500 teu. The service was first launched by Zhonggu in October 2025 initially with just 3 ships on an irregular frequency and have been gradually upgraded as more ships are deployed. CU Lines will operate the 2,518 teu ZHONG GU ZH
CMA CGM will be using the Suez route in both directions on the newly launched Japan-China-North Europe Ocean Rise Express (OCR) service, allowing them to save 2 weeks on a round trip rotation compared to using the longer Cape route. The OCR service was launched on 2 April 2026 and calls at Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, Xiamen, Yantian, Jeddah, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Southampton, Jeddah, Nansha, Kobe. The service will turn in 84 days using the shorter Suez route and will deploy 12 ships of 8,400 to 10,00
Zhonggu has upgraded its China Red Sea Express (CRX) service with 6 ships of 1,700-1,900 teu being deployed on the service that calls at Ningbo, Nansha, Aden, Sokhna, Aqaba, Jeddah, Ningbo. The service was launched by Zhonggu in October 2025 initially with just 3 ships, with more ships being added gradually. The service turns in 8 weeks, with gaps being filled with slots on Sea Legend's Red Sea service.
CMA CGM has relaunched its Red Sea Med Express (REDEX) service with a new rotation calling at Port Said, Marsaxlokk, Alexandria, Aqaba, Jeddah, Port Said from 19 March 2026. The service will turn in 3 weeks and will deploy 3 ships of 2,500 teu starting with the 2,592 teu CMA CGM VILA DO CONDE at Malta on 19 March 2026.