Services/Sailings

Maersk and ONE have teamed up to launch a new SLI Adriatic Sea A / Adriatic Service 1 (AD1) calling at Koper, Venice, Ancona, Haifa, Ashdod, Damietta, Port Said, Koper from 4 July 2026. The service turns in 21 days and deploys 3 ships of 1,100 to 1,700 teu starting with ONE's 1,118 teu MITO at Koper on 4 July, followed by the 2,274 teu NYSTED MAERSK and 1,700 teu AS SELINA from Maerk. The new service will replace former arrangements with Maersk withdrawing from its slot arrangement on MSC's Lin

Evergreen will launch a new China Philippines Express (CPX) service connecting Rizhao, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Cebu, Davao, Rizhao from 31 July 2026. The service will turn in 21 days and will deploy 3 ships of 1,800 teu on a weekly frequency starting with the 1,984 teu EVER CLEVER at Rizhao on 31 July 2026, followed by the 1,809 teu GREEN CLARITY and 1,809 teu EVER CHARM.

Maersk will resume Suez transits on the Middle East Container Line (MECL) service in both directions with immediate effect from July 2026. The service will add an eastbound call at Jeddah with the revised rotation to call at New York, Charleston, Savannah, Houston, Norfolk, New York, Tangier Med, Jeddah, Salalah, Mundra, Pipavav, Nhava Sheva, Salalah, New York. The first westbound transit is scheduled with the 6,478 teu MAERSK DENVER on 21 July 2026 while the first eastbound transit is schedule

ONE will withdraw its standalone West India North America (WIN) service that calls at Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Colombo, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Jacksonville, Charleston, Mundra from the end of July 2026. The service currently operates on an irregular frequency with sailings every 10 to 25 days using 6 ships of 6,300 teu to 7,100 teu on a 13 week round trip rotation. HMM, COSCO and OOCL takes slots on the service branded respectively as the IAX, IPE2 and IEX2. The last sailing is scheduled with

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will return to the Suez route on their jointly operated Gemini AE15/SE3 service on a truncated rotation that will call at Qingdao, Kwangyang, Ningbo, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Said Damietta, Colombo, Singapore, Qingdao with calls at Canakkale, Yarimca and Ambarli to be omitted. The revised rotation takes immediate effect with the sailing of the 19,076 teu MAJESTIC MAERSK that has already departed from Qingdao on 8 June 2026 now on its way to the Suez with an unscheduled stop

BAL Container Line will add an ad-hoc transpacific sailing with its newly delivered 14,400 teu BAL ATHENA for a single round trip connecting Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Shanghai on 24 July 2026 to take advantage of the booming transpacific freight rate. Current spot rates from Shanghai to the US West Coast has soared to over $7,000/FEU compared to $1,800/FEU in February 2026 as rates jumped by 400% on the back on strong market demand. The BAL ATHENA is the first of a 2 ships order placed by B

Zim will launch a new ZIM Falcon Service (ZFS) connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Yantian, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Paranagua, Navegantes, Montevideo, Bueno Aires, Shanghai from 13 September 2026. The service will turn in 77 days and will deploy 11 ships of 5,000 to 8,000 teu that are solely operated by Zim. Following the launch of the ZFS, Zim will withdraw from its current cooperation with Maersk on the Asia-South America East Coast (ASE) service on which it currently contributes 2 of the

MSC has launched a new Orca service connecting Busan, Vladivostok, Busan from 29 June 2026 using the 1,840 teu MSC PRETORIA II. The service will operate in conjunction with the MSC Golden Horn service that serves the same route using the 1,496 teu MSC RICCARDA II.

TVL Marine has launched a new Hong Kong-Taiwan service connecting Hong Kong, Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong from 25 June 2026 using the 1,103 teu TVL KEELUNG. TVL Marine owns 5 containerships of 1,100-1,800 teu built between 2015 and 2021 that are chartered to KMTC including the TVL KEELUNG that was chartered out as the SUNNY CALLA to KMTC until the end of May 2026.

ANL (part of the CMA CGM Group), COSCO and OOCL will launch a new China Australia Express (A3X/ACX) as the 4th service of the Asia Australia Consortium (A3) that complements their existing A3N, A3C and A3S joint services. The A3X/ACX will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Shekou, Melbourne, Sydney, Qingdao, turning in 42 days and deploy 6 ships of 3,000-4,000 teu starting with the 3,314 teu COLOMBO at Qingdao on 27 July 2026. With the launch of the new A2X/ACX, the A3 Consortium will offer weekly dou