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CMA CGM has launched a new Baltic Express (BLX) / Baltic Shuttle (PLX) service that connects Gdansk, Kotka, Riga, Gdansk from 20 January 2025. The BLX/PLX service will turn in 7 days with a weekly frequncy using the 907 teu JSP MISTRAL.
Maersk will launch a new Safina service connecting Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Salalah, Duqm, Jebel Ali, Colombo, Singapore from 23 February 2025, replacing its existing Safina that it operates jointly with X-Press Feeders as the China Jebel Ali X-Press (CJX). The existing Safina/CJX calls at Shanghai, Ningbo and Shekou will be removed while new calls at Salalah and Duqm are added. The revised service will turn in 5 weeks using ships of 2,000-3,000 teu.
ONE, Evergreen and Yang Ming have launched a new jointly operated Aegean Express (AEX) / Europe Mediterranean Sea (EUM) / North Europe-Aegean Express (NEA) service connecting Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Piraeus, Ambarli, Gebze, Gemlik, Aliaga, Piraeus, Southampton from 14 January 2025. The Southampton call will replace London Gateway that will only be served on 2 trips on 14 January and 9 February. The service will turn in 4 weeks and will deploy 4 ships of 2,500 to 2,900 teu with ONE oper
ONE and Yang Ming have launched a new jointly operated Levant Express (LEX) /North Europe-Levant Express (NEL) service connecting London Gateway, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, El Dekheila, Damietta, Haifa, Mersin, London Gateway from 16 January 2025. The LEX/NEL service will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 2,700 teu to 5,000 teu starting with the 2,741 teu LORRAINE at London Gateway on 16 January 2025. ONE will provide 3 ships while Yang Ming will operate one ship on the service. The call at Lo
COSCO and X-Press Feeders have launched a new Eastern Caribbean Service (ECX)/Trinidad Guyana X-Press (TGX) service connecting Kingston, Caucedo, Port of Spain, Point Lisas, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Port of Spain, Kingston. The service will turn in 21 days and will deploy 3 ships of 900 teu starting with the 1,110 teu WIND from X-Press Feeders at Kingston on 25 January 2025 and the 1,296 teu AS FIORELLA from COSCO Shipping.
The 11,388 teu CMA CGM COLUMBA is scheduled to make an eastbound Suez transit on 23 January 2025 after having passed through Suez on 6 December 2024 on its westbound voyage for the Europe Pakistan India Consortium (EPIC) service that CMA CGM jointly operates with COSCO and OOCL. A CMA CGM spokesperson said that the 2 Suez voyages were ad hoc sailings and the company is closely monitoring the ongoing developments. The EPIC service has been re-routed to the Cape route since 2024 and currently ope
RCL has added a new RCL North China Straits India (RNI6) service by joining Wan Hai and Interasia Lines (IAL) on their existing China-India 2 (CI2) / Interasia China-India (ICI) service that calls at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Klang(WP), Port Klang(NP), Nhava Sheva, Cochin, Port Klang(NP), Qingdao. RCL will add the 5,888 teu AKA BHUM to the service which turns in 42 days using 6 ships of 4,200 to 5,900 teu.
HMM and ONE will launch a new Far East-East Coast South America service from April 2025 to connect Busan, Chiwan, Singapore, Rio Grande, Santos, Santa Catarina, Singapore, Hong Kong, Busan. The service will be branded as the Far East-Latin America 2 (FL2) by HMM and East Coast South America Express 2 (SX2) by ONE. In conjunction to the launch, the 2 partners will also offer a new dedicated River Plate feeder service to connect Rio Grande with Buenos Aires and Montevideo to cater for Argentina a
Amu Shipping has launched a new feeder service connecting Mogadishu, Mombasa, Kismayo, Mogadishu from 13 January 2025 using the newly acquired geared 1,083 teu AMU JAMEEL (ex BOSTON TRADER build 2002) that has just completed its positioning trip from China carrying cargo from Qingdao, Ningbo and Nansha to Kenya and Somalia.
The OCEAN Alliance carriers will have the largest market share and widest market coverage in 2025 after they unveiled their Day 9 product that will be launched in April this year. 3 additional Alliance services will be added to their existing service network, giving them a dominant position on the Transpacific market with 15 sailings to the West Coast and 8 sailings to the East Coast. It will also have the widest coverage to North Europe with a 7th service to be added, matching MSC’s coverage t