Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will withdraw the Gemini Cooperation's WC6/TP9 service in October 2025, with the last sailing to depart from Xiamen on 23 September 2025. The WC6/TP9 service was launched in June 2025, using 6 ships of 4,200 to 5,000 teu calling at Xiamen, Busan, Long Beach, Xiamen. The move is a change from the Gemini partners' initial plan that was announced on 3 September to blank 3 WC6/TP9 sailings in October. This plan was changed to a full suspension of the service for the remainder
The Premier Alliance partners (HMM, ONE and Yang Ming) will suspend their Pacific South 5 (PS5) service, with the last sailing by the 4,992 teu NYK CONSTELLATION to depart from Ningbo on 8 September 2025. The PS5 service was launched in June 2025 and calls at Qingdao, Ningbo, Long Beach, Qingdao with ad hoc calls at Busan and Kobe. The service turns in 6 weeks using 3 ships of 4,600 to 4,900 teu on a fortnightly frequency since July 2025.
MSC has made the first move to withdraw excess capacity on the transpacific route with the suspension of the Pearl service that connects Cai Mep, Haiphong, Nansha, Hong Kong, Yantian, Xiamen, Long Beach. The last sailing on the Pearl service will be made by the 8,819 teu MSC ELODIE from Xiamen on 13 July 2025. The Pearl service is currently operated as part of Pearl-Shikra service since May 2025 using ships of 8,000 to 9,400 teu. The Far East-India leg is expected to be retained after the remov
MSC has cancelled the launch of its new Asia-Med Phoenix service that was originally scheduled to start at the end of February 2025 but have been repeatedly delayed before the service was finally withdrawn altogether in May 2025. The Phoenix service was to turn in 15 weeks using up to 15 ships of 6,000-14,000 teu to call at Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Iskenderun, Piraeus, Trieste, Koper, Iskenderun, Mersin, Singapore, Busan. The Phoenix service was 1 of the 6 Asia-Med services
Zim has withdrawn the Zim Central China Xpress (ZX2) with the last departure from China on 10 April 2025. The ZX2 was launched in July 2024 and called at Shanghai, Ningbo, Los Angeles, Shanghai using 5 ships of 4,500-5,300 teu. The last sailing was made by the 5,500 te MISSISSIPPI that departed from Ningbo on 10 April 2025 and will make its last call at Los Angeles on 24 April 2025. The withdrawal comes in response to a sharp drop in Chinese exports to the US following the imposition of puniti
TS Lines have withdrawn its South China-Los Angeles AWC2 service from the end of March with the 4 ships of 1,780 teu ships redeployed after completing their last voyages. The AWC2 calls at Xiamen, Nansha, Shekou, Yantian, Los Angeles, Xiamen and turns in 6 weeks using 4 ships of 1,700 teu with multiple blank sailings in each cycle since it was first launched in August 2024. The last sailing was made by the 1,787 teu TS TOKYO that departed from Yantian on 22 March 2025 with an adhoc Busan call o
MSC will suspend one of the 5 Asia to North America West Coast services that it planned to launch in 2025, reducing its Transpacific coverage to only 4 sailings per week. The withdrawal of the Mustang service that was to connect Xiamen, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Busan, Xiamen would remove about 12,000 teu weekly from the FE-WCNA route and would release 7 ships that MSC said would be redeployed to other trades. The Mustang service had been operated in its pr
Maersk will withdraw the Far East-East Coast North America TP20 service with the last sailing from Shanghai on 13 June 2024. The TP20 service was re-launched on 21 April 2024 to call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Yantian, Newark, Baltimore, Houston, Qingdao. It was to turn in 12 weeks using up to 12 ships of 2,500 to 5,000 teu. However, the service will be suspended after making just 8 sailings due to the shortage of ships in the market. The removal of the service will reduce overall FE-ECNA capacity
The new OCEAN Alliance Day 8 network starting in April 2024 will drop one of the 7 Far East-Europe services that they current operate. The affected service is the Far East North Europe NEU3 service (branded respectively by COSCO/OOCL, CMA CGM and Evergreen as the AEU7/LL3/FAL7/NE7) calling at Xiamen, Nansha, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Zeebrugge, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Port Klang, Singapore, Xiamen with the wayport call at Piraeus omitted since January due to the diversion of the servic
The Asia Red Sea (AR1) service jointly operated by THE Alliance and Wan Hai will be suspended with the last westbound sailing to depart from Singapore on 31 January 2024. 4 ships are currently deployed on this service which typically turns in 7 weeks on the Red Sea route calling at Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Jeddah, Aqaba, Sokhna, Jeddah, Singapore, Busan. The 5,610 teu WAN HAI 613 was the last ship to transit via the Gulf of Aden while 3 other ships (YM MUTUALITY, YM MODERAT