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Zim has withdrawn the Zim Central China Xpress (ZX2) with the last departure from China on 10 April 2025. The ZX2 was launched in July 2024 and called at Shanghai, Ningbo, Los Angeles, Shanghai using 5 ships of 4,500-5,300 teu. The last sailing was made by the 5,500 te MISSISSIPPI that departed from Ningbo on 10 April 2025 and will make its last call at Los Angeles on 24 April 2025. The withdrawal comes in response to a sharp drop in Chinese exports to the US following the imposition of puniti
Ocean Silk Line (OSL), an affiliate of OVP Shipping, will launch a new intra-Med service in a partnership with Sidra Line. The service will deploy 3 ships of 500-900 teu that will cover 2 inter-looping services connecting Turkey and Libya:- * Turkey North Africa Express (TNX) / Marmara-Med loop calling at Izmit, Ambarli, Alexandria, Misurata, Benghazi, Rades, Izmit * South Turkey North Africa Express (SNX) / Intra-Med loop calling at Iskenderun, Alexandria, Benghazi, Latakia, Iskenderun OVP/
ONE and Admiral Container Lines have launched a new Adriatic Service 1 (AD1) / Adriatic Eastmed 02 (AEX02) connecting Damietta, Koper, Venice, Ashdod, Damietta from 19 April 2025. The service replaces ONE's former AIB/AD1 service calls at Piraeus and Dekheila dropped. ONE had originally announced the addition of a call at Thessaloniki from April 2025 but this has been dropped as well. The new AD1/AEX02 turns in 14 days using the 1,084 teu SVENDBORG and 990 teu ADMIRAL MOON.
Evergreen and Unifeeder have jointly launched a new Caribbean Sea Regional Service-North (CAN) / Greater Antilles Service connecting Colon, Caucedo, Rio Haina, San Juan, Colon from 9 April 2025. The CAN/Greater Antilles service turns in 14 days and deploys the 3,534 teu SEASPAN FUZHOU from Evergreen and 2,015 teu MED STAR from Unifeeder to provide a dedicated feeder connection between Panama, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Kawa Shipping has expanded its coverage to the Red Sea, Egypt and Turkey with a new Eastern Mediterranean Express (EMX) service from March 2025. The service is operated irregularly with connections covering Qingdao, Ningbo, Sokhna, Iskenderun, Mersin, Jeddah, Qingdao. The first sailing was made by the 1,063 teu LAN HAI ZHI YUAN that operated an ad hoc Dubai, Sokhna, Iskenderun, Mersin, Jeddah, Qingdao voyage from 2 March 2025. A second voyage by the 2,076 teu KAWA HONGKONG was launched from Qin
ONE will launch a new River Plate Express (RPX) service connecting Rio Grande, Zarate, La Plata, Rio Grande from 8 May 2025 using the 1,155 teu SPIRIT OF DUBAI. The service turns in 7 days and will link the Argentinian ports of Zeate and La Plata with Rio Grande to connect to ONE's FE-ECSA services.
CMA CGM will launch 3 new MAYA Feeder loops in a partnership with X-Press Feeders. The Maya Service 1 (MAYA1) will call at Balboa, Buenaventura, Puerto Caldera, Balboa from 30 April 2025. The service will turn in 14 days and will deploy 2 ships from CMA CGM and X-Press Feeders The Maya Service 2 (MAYA2) will call at Buenaventura, Balboa, Corinto, Buenaventura from 25 April 2025. The service will turn in 14 days and will deploy 2 ships of 2,400 teu from CMA CGM and X-Press Feeders. The Maya Se
SITC has launched a new China Malaysia Indonesia 2 (CMI2) service connecting Nansha, Shekou, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Semarang, Balikpapan, Cebu, Nansha from 3 April 2025. The new service retakes the name of the former CMI2 that has been dormant since June 2024 and retains Malaysia in the service name even though Malaysian ports have been dropped from the rotation of all the former versions of the service since 2021. The revamped CMI2 turns in 21 days and deploys 3 ships of 900-1,000 teu star
TS Lines have withdrawn its South China-Los Angeles AWC2 service from the end of March with the 4 ships of 1,780 teu ships redeployed after completing their last voyages. The AWC2 calls at Xiamen, Nansha, Shekou, Yantian, Los Angeles, Xiamen and turns in 6 weeks using 4 ships of 1,700 teu with multiple blank sailings in each cycle since it was first launched in August 2024. The last sailing was made by the 1,787 teu TS TOKYO that departed from Yantian on 22 March 2025 with an adhoc Busan call o
CMA CGM will add a new Indian Ocean Feeder 2 (IOFEED2) service connecting Mombasa, Zanzibar, Mombasa from 30 April 2025. The IOFEED2 turns in 14 days using the geared 602 teu ONEGO BURAN on a fortnightly frequency.