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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
SM Lines will launch a new Shenzhen Busan Express (SBX) service connecting Yantian, Busan, Yantian from 6 July 2026 using the newly chartered 1,103 teu ULTIMA. The SBX service will replace the direct call at Yantian on the SM Line PNW service that will be shortened to call at Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Vancouver, Seattle, Busan, Ningbo with the last direct call at Yantian on 29 June 2026. The revised PNW service will turn in 35 days using 5 ships of 4,250 to 4,380 teu compared to 42 days previousl
The 7,154 teu SANTA CATARINA MAERSK and 8,648 teu CLEMENTINE MAERSK have made the first passages through the Bab el-Mandeb by Maersk vessels since 1 March 2026. SANTA CATARINA MAERSK was on a positioning trip from China to the Med and made its Suez passage on 4 June 2026 while CLEMENTINE MAERSK made the westbound Suez Canal passage on 13 June 2026 on its way from Salalah to New York on Maersk's Middle East-India to East Coast US (MECL) service, marking the first trans-Suez voyages by Maersk sinc
COSCO has launched a new Spain Morocco Service (SMS) connecting Valencia, Casablanca, Valencia from 10 June 2026 using the 925 teu CONTSHIP IVY on a weekly rotation.
MSC will launch a new Sierra service calling at Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Shanghai from 24 June 2026. The service will turn in 49 days using up to 7 ships of 4,000 to 9,000 teu starting with the 9,411 teu MSC DOMITILLE at Shanghai on 24 June 2026.