Services/Sailings

The 16,022 teu CMA CGM JULES VERNE will make a round-trip voyage via the Suez Canal this week marking the first ship on the OCEAN Alliance MED2 service to return to the Suez route since January 2024. The ship is scheduled to transit the Suez Canal westbound on 14 November 2025, and will make a return eastbound trip on 13 December 2025, saving 2 weeks compared to the regular transit via the Cape of Good Hope, with an ad hoc call at Beirut added on this voyage. The MED2 service is branded as the

CMA CGM will add a new JMX2 service connecting Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Shuaiba, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi from 19 November 2025. The service is branded as the Jebel Ali Middle East Express 2 (JMX2) even though it does not call at Jebel Ali but calls at the Khalifa port in Abu Dhabi. The service will turn in 7 days using the 2,202 teu MYD HANGZHOU.

Global Feeder Shipping (GFS), Regional Container Line (RCL) and TS Lines (TSL) will launch a new Red Sea China Service that is branded as RCS by GFS, RCR by RCL and RCX by TSL to connect Shanghai, Qingdao, Nansha, Shekou, Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba, Jeddah, Shanghai from 14 November 2025. The service will turn in 8 weeks and will initially deploy 4 ships of 2,500 to 3,500 teu on a rolling schedule starting with the 3,524 teu SSF DREAM at Shanghai on 14 November 2025.

RCL has added a new RCL China Vietnam (RCV) service connecting Chu Lai, Shanghai, Nansha, Chu Lai from 3 October 2025. The RCV turns in 11 days using the 628 teu PIRA BHUM on a rolling schedule. The service is operated in conjunction with Truong Hai International Logistics (Thilogi) to serve the Central Vietnam port of Chu Lai where the THACO Group's automotive manufacturing facilities are located.

X-Press Feeders has added a new China Red Sea X-PRESS (CRX) service connecting Ningbo, Nansha, Shekou, Djibouti, Sokhna, Jeddah, Ningbo in cooperation with China United Lines (CUL) on the latter's Red Sea Service (REX). The CRX/REX service turns in 7 to 8 weeks using 7 ships of 1,500 to 2,800 teu on a rolling schedule with CUL operating 6 ships and X-Press operating a single ship.

Samskip has launched a new Moroccan Reefer Service connecting Tilbury, Rotterdam, Casablanca, Agadir, Tilbury from 31 October 2025. The Moroccan Reefer Service will turn in 14 days using the 1,036 teu SAMSKIP TOUBKAL at Rotterdam on 31 October and the 1,084 teu SAMSKIP AMINA at Tilbury on 8 November. The service is aimed at the shipment of fresh produce from Morocco to UK and Netherlands.

Unifeeder's Med arm Unimed has launched a new Egypt-Adriatic service connecting Port Said (East), Venice, Ancona, Port Said (East) from 1 November 2025. The Egypt-Adriatic service will turn in 14 days starting with the 1,036 teu PHOENIX J at Port Said on 1 November, followed by the 1,084 teu ELBSAILOR on 1o November.

MSC has launched a new Sambar service connecting Dalian, Incheon, Xingang, Qingdao, Da Chan Bay, Dong Nai, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Penang, Pasir Gudang, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Cai Mep, Busan, Dalian from 29 October 2025. The Sambar service will turn in 6 weeks using 6 ships of 4,000-4,500 teu starting with the 4,056 teu MSC DIEGO at Dalian on 29 October.

Hede Shipping has added a new Nansha-Jakarta CVT5 service connecting Nansha, Jakarta, Nansha from 2 November 2025. The CVT5 will turn in 14 days starting with the 1,809 teu ADAMASTOS at Nansha on 2 November followed by the 1,708 teu HAIAN ROSE on 10 November.

Hapag-Lloyd has launched a new Malaysia Singapore Feeder (MSF) service connecting Penang, Port Klang, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Penang from 28 October 2025 using the 1,930 teu NORDSERAPHINA. The MSF service will turn in 7 days to provide dedicated feeder connections to Hapag-Lloyd and Gemini Cooperation services at Tanjung Pelepas and Singapore.