Services/Sailings

BG Shipping, a subsidiary of Beibu Gulf Port Group, has launched a new river-sea direct service connecting Nanning, Qinzhou, Fangcheng, Cai Cui (Can Tho), Qinzhou, Nanning using the 336 teu deckship BBG NAN NING BO RUN. The service provides the first regular connection from Nanning using the newly opened Pinglu Canal to southern Vietnam.

CMA CGM, COSCO and OOCL will launch a new Asia-South America East Coast service branded as SEAS A, ESA3 and TLA 3 respectively connecting Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Santos, Navegantes, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Paranagua, Santos, Coega, Singapore, Ningbo from 17 December 2026. The service will turn in 91 days and will deploy 13 ships that are still to be assigned starting with the CMA CGM XENON at Ningbo on 17 December 2026.

The Premier Alliance partners (ONE, HMM and Yang Ming) will return to the Suez route on the Southeast Asia-North Europe FE1 service from October 2026, marking the first switch from the Cape route since their services were redirected in January 2024. The revised FE1 will call at Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Le Havre, Singapore, Laem Chabang starting with the voyage of the 8,110 teu ONE CONTINUITY at Laem Chabang on 17 October 2026. The shortened FE1 rotation will turn in

Samudera Shipping will launch a new India Red Sea (IRS) service connecting Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Sokhna, Nhava Sheva from 1 October 2026. The IRS will turn in about 14-18 days and will initially deploy the 1,063 teu LAN HAI ZHI YUAN, with a second ship to be introduced at a later date.

Regional Container Lines (RCL) will launch a new RCL Songkhla 3 (RSK3) service connecting Nansha, Shekou, Sihanoukville, Songkhla, Nansha service from 15 October 2026. The RSK3 will turn in 14 days using 2 ships of 1,162 teu starting with the MTT SAISUNEE at Nansha on 15 October, followed a week later by the MTT SENARI.

Maersk will withdraw its seasonal Transpacific Xpress (TPX) peak season extra loader service connecting Cai Mep, Busan, Long Beach, Cai Mep from October 2026 with the last sailing by the 4,504 teu MAERSK BOSTON at Cai Mep on 29 September 2026. The service was launched in June 2026 on a 49 day rotation, using 6 ships of 3,600 to 4,600 teu with 1 blanked sailing in each cycle. 15 sailings were mounted during the 2026 peak season.

X-Press Feeders have launched a new Thailand Straits X-Press (TSX) service connecting Singapore, Laem Chabang, Singapore from 26 September 2026 with the 2,824 teu MONACO operating on a weekly rotation. The service retakes the rotation of the former TSX service that X-Press withdrew in 2024.

MSC has added a new Noumea-Fiji Loop connecting Sydney, Brisbane, Noumea, Lautoka, Suva, Nelson, Wellington, Sydney from 22 August 2026 using 3 ships of 1,100 teu to 2,500 teu. A new Northern Loop service will also be launched calling at Sydney, Auckland, Napier, Tauranga, Sydney with 2 ships of 2,500 teu. The 2 new services will replace the former Noumea Express service that called at Sydney, Noumea, Lautoka, Suva, Tauranga, Sydney.

Gemini Cooperation partner's current Asia Shuttle 14 (A14)/Bohai Shuttle 5 (BS5) service will be extended to cover the North China ports previously covered by the Asia Shuttle 4 (A04)/Bohai Shuttle 1 (BS1) from 1 October 2026. The extended A14/BS5 will call at Xingang, Dalian, Busan, Xingang, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Xiamen, Busan, Xingang with a new call added at Dalian and a second call added at Busan. It replaces the A04/BS1 service that called at Busan, Shanghai, Dalian, Xingang, Busan w

X-Press Feeders have launched a new Germany Poland X-Press 2 (GPX2) calling at Hamburg, Gdansk, Hamburg from 3 September 2026 with the 809 teu X-PRESS MULHACEN.