Services/Sailings

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.

MSC has added a new Noumea-Fiji Loop connecting Sydney, Brisbane, Noumea, Lautoka, Suva, Nelson, Wellington, Sydney from 22 August 2026 using 3 ships of 1,100 teu to 2,500 teu. A new Northern Loop service will also be launched calling at Sydney, Auckland, Napier, Tauranga, Sydney with 2 ships of 2,500 teu. The 2 new services will replace the former Noumea Express service that called at Sydney, Noumea, Lautoka, Suva, Tauranga, Sydney.

Gemini Cooperation partner's current Asia Shuttle 14 (A14)/Bohai Shuttle 5 (BS5) service will be extended to cover the North China ports previously covered by the Asia Shuttle 4 (A04)/Bohai Shuttle 1 (BS1) from 1 October 2026. The extended A14/BS5 will call at Xingang, Dalian, Busan, Xingang, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Xiamen, Busan, Xingang with a new call added at Dalian and a second call added at Busan. It replaces the A04/BS1 service that called at Busan, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang, Busan w

X-Press Feeders have launched a new Germany Poland X-Press 2 (GPX2) calling at Hamburg, Gdansk, Hamburg from 3 September 2026 with the 809 teu X-PRESS MULHACEN.

HMM, Interasia Lines (IAL), ONE, COSCO/OOCL and Pacific International Lines (PIL) are jointly launching a new India-East Africa service connecting Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Mombasa, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Dar es Salaam, Nhava Sheva that will operate on a butterfly rotation to provide weekly connections between India and Mombasa on the first leg and Dar es Salaam on the second leg. The new service will turn in 56 days using up to 8 ships of 1,800 teu to 2,500 teu starting with the 1,781 teu SEATRADE PE

MSC has switched its Himalaya Express service connecting the Indian Subcontinent with the Mediterranean back to the Suez route on both directions, marking the first full service return to the Red Sea since 2024 for MSC. The revised Himalaya Express will connect Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Vizhinjam, Sines, Valencia, Gioia Tauro, King Abdullah Port, Jeddah, Colombo, Nhava Sheva and is expected to transit the Suez on both directions even though current vessel schedules still show the Cape route on the s

X-Press Feeders have launched a new Ocean Feeder X-Press (OFX) service connecting Hamburg, Le Havre, Hamburg from 15 August 2026 with the 508 teu DORNBUSCH on a rolling 5 day schedule to provide transhipment options to Le Havre.

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.