The 16,022 teu CMA CGM JULES VERNE has made an eastbound Suez Canal passage on 13 August 2024 and after a stop at Jeddah, the ship passed the Bab al-Mandab Strait on 19 August without any incident. It marks the largest containership to return to the Suez/Red Sea route since February this year, with all the other main carriers still avoiding the passage to avoid attacks on vessels by Houthi militants in Yemen. The CMA CGM JULES VERNE is deployed on the Mediterranean Club Express (MEX) using 15 s
SeaLead will launch a new Far East-India-Djibouti (FID) service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Klang, Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Djibouti, Colombo, Shanghai from 5 September 2024. The FID service will turn in around 6 weeks, with 2 ships currently scheduled to join the service in September - the 4,636 teu ZHONG GU CHENG DU and ZHONG GU NAN CHANG.
China United Lines (CUL) has launched a Red Sea 1 (RS1) service connecting Qingdao, Shanghai, Nansha, Jeddah through slots on the Far East-Mediterraean Service (FEM1) operated by CStar Line and Uniglobal Shipping (UGL). The FEM1 service offers an extended service from China to Turkey via the Red Sea and Suez Canal calling at Qingdao, Shanghai, Nansha, Jeddah, Ambarli, Izmit, Jeddah, Port Klang, Qingdao. It mirrors a similar Asia-East Mediterranean (AEM) service that CUL had operated irregularl
SeaLead has launched a new Red Sea Gulf (RSG) service connecting Jebel Ali, Djibouti, Jeddah, Jebel Ali from 15 July 2024. The RSG service will operate on an irreglar frequency and deploys 2 heavy lift general cargo ships of 1,011 teu, the DRAGONBALL and SAPODILLA that were operating previously in the tramp trades.
CStar Line has launched a new Middle East Red Sea Service 1 (MER1) connecting Jebel Ali, Djibouti, Jeddah, Djibouti, Jebel Ali from 27 July 2024. The MER1 turns in 17 to 21 days and will deploy 2 ships of 1,638 teu (CSTAR FEVRONIYA and CSTAR PETER) on an irregular rolling schedule with a frequency of around 10 to 11 days.
CMA CGM has retained the Suez routing for its Asia-Med Phoenician Express (BEX2) service despite escalating tensions in the Middle East over the past week after Israeli forces attacked the port of Hodeidah in Yemen on 20 July in retaliation for the Houthi drone attack that hit Tel Aviv on 19 July 2024. The Phoenician Express (BEX2) calls at Shanghai, Ningbo, Busan, Shekou, Singapore, (Suez Canal), Alexandria, Beirut, Tripoli, Koper, Trieste, Rijeka, Alexandria, Jeddah, Port Klang, Shekou, Shang
New containership deliveries has reached 1.62m TEU this year but there remains a shortage of ships globally with freight and charter rates continuing to surge ahead as the market enters the traditional summer peak season. The vessel diversions from the Red Sea to the Cape route has effectively removed more than 1.6m TEU from the market since the beginning of December while the recent increase in port congestion has taken out a further 0.5m TEU of vessel capacity from circulation as the active f
Emirates Shipping Line has launched a new ESL Gulf Red Sea Connector (EGRC) service calling at Jebel Ali, Aqaba, Sokhna, Jeddah, Mundra, Jebel Ali from 28 May 2024. The rotation of the EGRC is not fixed and will differ between sailings. The EGRC will turn in around 30 days on an irregular frequency and deploys the 1,781 teu ASL TAIPEI and 1,930 teu ASL PEONY.
Arkas and Turkon have jointly launched a new Red Sea 1 (RS1)/Turkiye Red Sea Express (TRE) service connecting Ambarli, Izmit, Aliaga, Jeddah, Aqaba, Ambarli from 15 June 2024. The RS1/TRE will operate weekly, turning in 14 days and deploys the 1,878 teu TURKON ISTANBUL from Turkon and 1,604 teu WANDA A from Arkas.
X-Press Feeders have launched a new India-Red Sea X-Press 2 (IRX 2) service calling at Mundra, Jebel Ali, Jeddah, Aqaba, Sokhna, Jeddah, Mundra from 23 May 2023. The IRX 2 will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 1,600-2,900 teu, namely the 1,577 teu X-PRESS KAVERI, 1,645 teu X-PRESS KOHIMA, 1,774 teu X-PRESS SALWEEN and 2,902 teu PALERMO. The service will enable transhipment connections to the Red Sea ports of Jeddah, Aqaba and Sokhna that have been affected by the stoppage of regular services