Services/Sailings

COSCO and X-Press Feeders have added a second Chancay feeder to connect Chancay, Callao, Iquique, Arica, Ilo, Chancay from 8 March 2025. The service is an extension of X-Press Feeders' Chile Peru X-Press (CPX) that called at Callao, Iquique, Callao with the addition of the new Chancay, Arica and Ilo calls from 17 December 2024 using the 1,341 teu ALIOTH. The service was operated on a fortnightly basis before the addition of a second ship, the 1,098 teu CONTSHIP DON from COSCO on 8 March 2025 wi

CMA CGM and Maersk will launch a new jointly operated Asia-East Coast South America service branded respectively as the the SEAS 3 and ASAS2 calling at Shanghai, Shekou, Cai Mep, Singapore, Santos, Singapore, Shanghai from 8 April 2025. The SEAS 3/ASAS2 service will turn in 11 weeks and will deploy 11 ships of 5,000 teu to 8,000 teu, with CMA CGM operating 7 ships and Maersk operating 4 ships. The service will connect at Santos for relay to other East Coast Latin American ports and will also pr

Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new Portugal Tangier Express (PTX) service connecting Tangier, Lisbon, Vigo, Leixoes, Tangier from 17 March 2025 with the 1,440 teu GFS SAPPHIRE on a weekly rotation that will provide connections between Iberian ports as well as transshipment options at Tangier to Hapag-Lloyd’s global network.

MSC will suspend one of the 5 Asia to North America West Coast services that it planned to launch in 2025, reducing its Transpacific coverage to only 4 sailings per week. The withdrawal of the Mustang service that was to connect Xiamen, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Busan, Xiamen would remove about 12,000 teu weekly from the FE-WCNA route and would release 7 ships that MSC said would be redeployed to other trades. The Mustang service had been operated in its pr

X-Press Feeders have relaunched its Intra Adriatic X-Press (IAX) service with a revised rotation calling at Trieste, Ancona, Ravenna, Trieste. The new IAX will turn in 7 days using the 698 teu SUNAID X at Ancona on 12 March 2025 (after the initial call at Trieste on 9 March 2025 was omitted).

SeaLead will launch a new Far East-India Express 3 (FIX3) service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Nhava Sheva, Shanghai. The FIX3 will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy up to 6 ships of 2,500-4,600 teu starting with the 4,628 teu ZHONG GU YIN CHUAN at Shanghai on 7 March 2025.

TS Lines have restarted the Japan-Hong Kong-Taiwan (JHTN) service calling at Hong Kong, Shekou, Xiamen, Osaka, Kobe, Busan, Kwangyang, Keelung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong from 19 February 2025. The service retakes the JHTN name that was formerly used for the Japan-Hong Kong-Thailand-North Manila service. The revised JHTN will turn in 2 weeks and deploys the 1,182 teu TS MAWEI and 1,081 teu TS SHENZHEN. TS Lines has also restarted its Hong Kong-Thai Express Service (JHTS) calling at Nansha, Shekou, Ho

COSCO and X-Press Feeders have launched a new Chancay Express / Chile X-Press (CHX) service connecting Chancay, Callao, Lirquen, San Antonio, Chancay from 27 February 2025. The CHX will turn in 14 days using 2 ships, starting with the 1,686 teu A. IDEFIX from X-Press Feeders at Chancay on 27 February followed by the 2,586 teu LAKONIA from COSCO on 6 March. The service will provide transhipment connections at COSCO's new West Coast South America hub of Chancay to Peru and Chile.

Zhonggu Shipping and Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC) have teamed up to launch a new Qinzhou-Haiphong-Kolkata service. The service was launched on 18 February 2025 with the 529 teu XIN HAI XIU at Haiphong. The service will operate on an irregular 2-3 week frequency.

CMA CGM will join Asyad Line and Folk Maritime on the India-Red Sea Service (IRS), with the French carrier branding the service as the India Red Sea Express/India Gulf Express 3 (BIGEX3). CMA CGM will join the IRS/BIGEX3 service that calls at Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Salalah, Jeddah, Nhava Sheva from 22 February 2025, adding a 3rd ship to the service as the sailing frequency is upgraded from 10 days to 7 days. The 3 partners will operate 1 ship each with CMA CGM's 2,524 teu ZHE CHENG XIN ZHOU joini