Services/Sailings

Dubai-headquartered Tehama Shipping Services (TSS) has launched the Tehama India Express (TIX) service that connects Jebel Ali, Mundra and Nhava Sheva. The new service was launched on 2 September 2022 at Jebel Ali with sailings every 11-12 days using the 2,764 teu TSS SHAMS. The TSS SHAMS was previously offering ad hoc sailings between the UAE and Western India connecting Jebel Ali, Sharjah, Mundra and Pipavav. TSS is part of Saba Group which operates a container terminal at Iraq’s Umm Qasr So

Interasia is starting a new service NST connecting Japan, South China and Thailand. The service will start with 907 teu PROGRESS on Nov 8 at Nansha on a 4-week round trip calling Nansha, Shekou, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Nansha, Shekou, Laem Chabang, Nansha.

X-Press launched Belawan Straits X-PRESS (BSX) that connects Singapore, Port Klang, Belawan, Singapore on weekly basis with a 610 teu BIENDONG FORTUNE. The service has already been started with BIENDONG FORTUNE at Pork Klang on Sep 14. source: X-Press

Safeen Feeders has expanded its coverage to China with the launch of a new UAE-China service connecting Khalifa Port, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Singapore, Khalifa Port. The service will turn on a monthly basis using one ship, the 3,421 teu SAFEEN POWER (ex EASTAWAY MALMSEY, built 2011) that Safeen that acquired in August from Sea Consortium. The ship departed from its maiden call at Shanghai on 9 September 2022. The new service will be Safeen Feeders’ first service to call in China, and foll

Containerships started Irish Sea Express (ISX) that connects Dunkirk, Dublin, Greenock, Rotterdam, Dunkirk with two ships. 803 teu Ranger joined the service on Sep 1 at Greenock while 907 teu Linda joined on Sep 7 at Greenock.

CMA CGM is resuming the MEDGULF service that connects the West Mediterranean to the US Gulf and Mexico. The original MEDGULF service was first launched in April 2015 but it was suspended in December 2015 and replaced by a MEDGULF Ecuador (MGE) loop. The revised MEDGULF service will resume on 29 September 2022 with the 2,826 teu CMA CGM NAVEGANTES that will call at Genoa, Valencia, Miami, Veracruz, Altamira, Houston, Tangier Med and Genoa. Genoa. The service will turn in 6 weeks on a 42 day ro

Asean Seas Line (ASL) will expand its service coverage outside of the intra-Far East routes for the first time with the launch of a new Australia China Express (ACX) service from 25 September 2022. The ACX will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Shekou, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Qingdao starting with the 1,800 teu newbuilding ASL HONG KONG on 25 September followed by ASL BAUHINIA is scheduled to join the ACX on 15 October. The 2 ships are the first 2 units of a series of 6 new Bangkok-max ships of

Pacifica Shipping, the New Zealand domestic shipping subsidiary of Swire Shipping, has introduced a second ship to its coastal schedules. The 1,368 teu TAKUTAI CHIEF (ex LIHIR CHIEF) has joined Pacifica on 9 September 2022 at Marsden Point. The ship is taken from Swire's fleet in the South Pacific and has been switched to the New Zealand flag. It joins the 1,732 teu MOANA CHIEF that has been operated on the New Zealand coastal trades since August 2019. The 2 ships will be deployed on a fixed-d

Akkon has launched Turkey Italy Casablanca (TIC) Service recently that connects east and west Mediterranean. The service will call Germlik, Gebze, Ambarli, Izmir, Salerno, Genoa, Casablanca, Germlik with two ship, 712 teu RS Mistral, previously operated by CMA CGM and 658 teu Depe previoulsy operated by A2B. Depe has already phased in at Gemlik on 22 Auguest while RS Mistral has phased in at Evyap on  31 August. (source: Akkon)

Diamond Line, a subsidiary of COSCO is splitting  Piraeus-Black Sea-Near East service (TBX) into Turkey Blan Sea Express (TBX1) and Limassol Greece Express (LGX1). TBX has been calling Piraeus, Ambarli, Poti, Constantza, Varna, Piraeus with 4 ships namely 1,432 teu CONTSHIP SEA, 1,432 teu CONTSHIP RUN, 1,267 teu CONTSHIP JET and 868 teu MOVEON. TBX will be suspended after MOVEON's call at Piraeus on 4 sep. MOVEON will be re-deployed to Diamond Line's Piraeus-Naples service (PNX). TBX1 will ca