Services/Sailings

RCL and CUL have added a new call at Sihanoukville on their jointly operated RBC1/BC1  (RCL Bangkok China 1/China-Thailand Service 1) service. The revised rotation of the RBC1/BC1 will be Ningbo, Shanghai, Sihanoukville, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Ningbo starting from 10 August 2023. The service turns in 3 weeks, and currently deploys 2 ships of 1,200-1,500 from RCL and one 1,930 teu ship from CUL.

Hainan Yangpu New New Shipping has launched the first of several planned voyages through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) with the departure of the 1,638 teu NEWNEW POLAR BEAR from St Petersburg on 7 July 2023. The 1AS ice-classed ship was acquired by New New Shipping in June this year and will make a 28 day transit to Qingdao and Xingang before reaching Shanghai in August. The overall transit time will depend on ice conditions enroute, with New New Shipping expected to mount 3 more sailings on thi

MSC has launched a new Florida Feeder service that will call Port Everglades, Caucedo, Rio Haina, Jacksonville, Freeport (Bah), Jacksonville, Port Everglades with two 2,000-2,800 teu ship. The service has started with the 2,824 teu AS CAMELLIA at Rio Haina on 7 July.

Maersk is breaking up the FE-LTAM butterfly service AC2/AC3 into two separate service AC2 and AC3. AC2 will call Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan, Yokohama, Manzanillo (Mexico), Lazaro Cardenas, Guayaquil, Balboa, Lazaro Cardenas, Shanghai on 70-days round trip with ten 13,568 teu ships. AC2 will start with 13,568 teu MAERSK ELBA at Qingdao on 16 Sep. AC3 will call Hong Kong, Shanghai, Ningbo, Gwangyang, Busan, Balboa, Buenaventura, Callao, Puerto Angamos, San Antonio, Tauranga, Hong Kong on 77-days r

Medkon Lines has launched a new Russia Express Service (RES) calling at Mersin, Aliaga, Ambarli, Novorossiysk, Alexandria, Mersin from 23 June 2023 with the newly acquired 1,135 teu MEDKON LIA. A second ship, the 1,134 teu MEDKON PERLA is expected to join the service. The ship is newly acquired by Medkon and is cyrrently positioning from China to the Med.

Medkon Lines have upgraded its new Bulgaria-Romania (BRO) Shuttle service that connects Ambarli, Gebze, Varna, Constanta, Ambarli with larger tonnage introduced in July 2023. The BRO service was introduced in 24 May 2023 with the 353 teu MEDKON KRM, which has been replaced on 13 July 2023 by the 652 teu MEDKON GEMLIK to provide higher capacity to serve the Bulgaria and Romania markets.

Medkon Lines have upgraded its Turkey-Spain-Tunisia-Italy (TST) service with the addition of a second ship in a partnership with Admiral Container Lines. The Medkon TST service was launched on 14 April 2023 and calls at Ambarli, Gebze, Gemlik, Aliaga, Valencia, Barcelona, Rades, Taranto, Ambarli with the 704 teu MEDKON MERSIN. It will be complemented Admiral's 340 teu GRETA that has switched a new rotation from 26 June 2023 to call at Ambarli, Gebze, Gemlik, Aliaga, Valencia, Barcelona, Sfax

Milaha has added the 3,768 teu MAJD on the Nhava Sheva-Doha Express (NDX) service jointly operated with Feedertech and X-Press Feeders who brand the service as the NDX and Arabian Sea X-Press (ASX) respectively. The MAJD replaces the 3,158 teu X-PRESS ALTAIR and joins Feedertech's 4,294 teu NORTHERN GUARD on the service that calls at Mundra, Hazira, Nhava Sheva, Jebel Ali, Sohar, Mundra on a 14 day rotation.

Unifeeder has amended its Benelux-Baltics network with the launch of the E6 service that was started from 16 July to call at Rotterdam, Riga, Kotka, Rotterdam. The service turns in 10-14 days and deploys the 1,036 teu ELBWIND and SKALAR.

MSC has introduced a new Mersin Shuttle service that connects Beirut, Mersin, Beirut with the 1,704 teu MSC SILVER II starting from 16 July 2023.