Services/Sailings

COSCO, OOCL and X-Press Feeders will launch a new China Southeast Asia Express 2 (CSX2) / South China Laem Chabang 7 (CHL7) / South China Laem Chabang X-Press (SCLX) service connecting Nansha, Laem Chabang, Yangpu, Nansha. The service will turn in 14 days and will deploy 2 ships of 1,700 to 4,400 teu starting with the 1,744 teu ZHONG GU 6 at Nansha on 3 October 2026 and the 4,636 teu ZHONG GU TAI YUAN on 5 October 2026. The service was originally scheduled to start on 29 September but has been d

PIL and X-Press Feeders will launch a new China Singapore Malaysia (CSM)/North China X-Press (NCX) connecting Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Singapore, Port Klang, Penang, Nansha, Xinang. The service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 2,400 to 3,500 teu starting with the 3,566 teu KOTA MANIS at Xingang on 27 October 2026.

HMM, PIL and RCL will launch a new North China Indonesia service branded respectively as the NIS, NCI and RCI05 connecting Qingdao, Shanghai, Nansha, Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Qingdao. The service turns in 4 weeks and will deploy 4 ships of 2,700 to 4,700 teu starting with the 2,742 teu WHUTTHI BHUM at Qingdao on 8 November 2026. The service will replace HMM and PIL's current NIS/NCI service that connects Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Singapore, Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Xingang.

BG Shipping, a subsidiary of Beibu Gulf Port Group, has launched a new river-sea direct service connecting Nanning, Qinzhou, Fangcheng, Cai Cui (Can Tho), Qinzhou, Nanning using the 336 teu deckship BBG NAN NING BO RUN. The service provides the first regular connection from Nanning using the newly opened Pinglu Canal to southern Vietnam.

CMA CGM, COSCO and OOCL will launch a new Asia-South America East Coast service branded as SEAS A, ESA3 and TLA 3 respectively connecting Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Santos, Navegantes, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Paranagua, Santos, Coega, Singapore, Ningbo from 17 December 2026. The service will turn in 91 days and will deploy 13 ships that are still to be assigned starting with the CMA CGM XENON at Ningbo on 17 December 2026.

The Premier Alliance partners (ONE, HMM and Yang Ming) will return to the Suez route on the Southeast Asia-North Europe FE1 service from October 2026, marking the first switch from the Cape route since their services were redirected in January 2024. The revised FE1 will call at Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Le Havre, Singapore, Laem Chabang starting with the voyage of the 8,110 teu ONE CONTINUITY at Laem Chabang on 17 October 2026. The shortened FE1 rotation will turn in

Samudera Shipping will launch a new India Red Sea (IRS) service connecting Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Sokhna, Nhava Sheva from 1 October 2026. The IRS will turn in about 14-18 days and will initially deploy the 1,063 teu LAN HAI ZHI YUAN, with a second ship to be introduced at a later date.

Regional Container Lines (RCL) will launch a new RCL Songkhla 3 (RSK3) service connecting Nansha, Shekou, Sihanoukville, Songkhla, Nansha service from 15 October 2026. The RSK3 will turn in 14 days using 2 ships of 1,162 teu starting with the MTT SAISUNEE at Nansha on 15 October, followed a week later by the MTT SENARI.

Maersk will withdraw its seasonal Transpacific Xpress (TPX) peak season extra loader service connecting Cai Mep, Busan, Long Beach, Cai Mep from October 2026 with the last sailing by the 4,504 teu MAERSK BOSTON at Cai Mep on 29 September 2026. The service was launched in June 2026 on a 49 day rotation, using 6 ships of 3,600 to 4,600 teu with 1 blanked sailing in each cycle. 15 sailings were mounted during the 2026 peak season.

X-Press Feeders have launched a new Thailand Straits X-Press (TSX) service connecting Singapore, Laem Chabang, Singapore from 26 September 2026 with the 2,824 teu MONACO operating on a weekly rotation. The service retakes the rotation of the former TSX service that X-Press withdrew in 2024.