Services/Sailings

Ellerman has resumed Asia-Europe sailings on 21 March 2024, using the newbuilding 1,380 teu BG BLUE calling at Ningbo, Dachan Bay, Casablanca, Tilbury. The initial ad hoc sailing will be supplemented by 2 more sailings on 15 June and 11 July 2024 on the same rotation using the 2,756 teu CAPE HELLAS and 2,464 teu BUXFAVOURITE. Further sailings are likely to be added in August as Ellerman is scheduled to receive 2 new ships of 1,380 teu later this year. The Ellerman brand was revived at the end

Hapag-Lloyd will relaunch its standalone China-Germany Express (CGX) peak season service from 16 June 2024. The revised CGX will take the longer Cape route calling at Yantian, Singapore, Tema, Wilhelmshaven, Antwerp, Yantian with the addition of a new call at Tema in Ghana that will offer relay connections to other West African ports. The new CGX will turn in 12 weeks using up to 12 ships of 2,800 to 9,300 teu, starting at Yantian on 16 June with the 3,398 teu EXPRESS ARGENTINA. Hapag-Lloyd f

SITC will launch a new China-Vietnam-Malaysia 2 (CVM2) service from 2 June 2024 calling at Shekou, Nansha, Kota Kinabalu, Qinzhou, Haiphong, Shekou. The service will turn in 14 days and deploys 2 ships, the 1,032 teu SITC PYOENGTAEK and 1,150 teu SITC RIZHAO.

CMA CGM will launch a new India Gulf Red Sea Express (BIGEX2) service connecting Jebel Ali, Djibouti, Aden, Colombo, Mangalore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jebel Ali from June 2024. The new service will turn in 28 days and deploys 4 ships of 1,700 to 3,000 teu starting with the 1,713 teu CMA CGM SAIGON at Jebel Ali on 8 June 2024, followed by the 3,013 teu WADI ALRAYAN, 2,078 teu LOBIVIA and 1,714 teu ST. JOHN. The BIGEX2 will replace the existing Mona Express 2 that will be discontinued from 8 June

ONE will withdraw from the 2 India-North America Indamex services that is marketed as the India-East Coast Express (IEX) and India-East Coast Express 2 (IE2). Its last westbound sailings will be at Port Qasim on 24 May 2024 on IEX and 20 May 2024 on the IEX2. ONE will withdraw the 10,010 teu SEAPSAN BEACON from the IEX on 13 July 2024 that operates alongside 9 other ships operated by the Indamex partners CMA CGM, COSCO and Hapag-Lloyd that calls at Port Qasim, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, New York, Nor

MSC will launch a new North Peru Feeder connecting Balboa, Buenaventura, Paita, Salaverry, Balboa from 6 June 2024 with the 2,572 teu MSC MONTSERRAT III. The service will turn in 2 weeks, with a second ship to be introduced. MSC North Peru feeder service

CMA CGM has resumed full Suez Canal transits on the Asia-Med Phoenician Express (BEX2) service from the end of April 2024, becoming the first mainstream Asia-Europe service to return to the Suez since the Red Sea crisis escalated in December 2023. The service is one of 4 OCEAN Alliance services on the Asia-Med route and is marketed as the PHOEX/BEX2 by CMA CGM, AEM6 by COSCO, AAS by OOCL and BEX2 by Evergreen. The service was previously operated with a mixed fleet of ships from the 3 OCEAN Alli

CMA CGM will launch a new MCX - West Coast Central America service connecting Buenaventura, Balboa, Puerto Caldera, Acajutla, Buenaventura from 12 June 2024. The MCX service will turn in 2 weeks using the 1,368 teu THEODOR and 1,341 teu ALGOL.

Mercosul Line, the Brazilian cabotage carrier of the CMA CGM group, will launch a new ATLAS service calling at Santos, Buenos Aires, Mar Del Plata, Imbituba, Santos. The fortnightly service will start from 5 June 2024 using the 1,713 teu CMA CGM PLATON on a 14 day rotation. Mercosul ATLAS service

Evergreen, IAL, Jinjiang Shipping. PIL, RCL will jointly launch a new China-India service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Singapore, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Port Klang, Singapore, Shanghai from 30 May 2024. The service will replace the existing service operated by IAL, Jinjiang, PIL and RCL that is branded as the China-Saigon-India / China Vietnam India / RCL Far East Madras 2 (CSI / CVI / RFM2). The revised service will omit the existing southbound and northbound calls at Ho Chi Minh Cit