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Sea Legend will discontinue its China-Europe Arctic Express (CAX) service after only a single sailing. The 4,890 teu ISTANBUL BRIDGE completed its maiden westbound CAX voyage at Felixstowe on 14 October 2025 after departing from Ningbo on 23 September 2025, completing the Arctic Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 21 days. After additional calls at Hamburg, Gdansk and Rotterdam, the ship will return via the Suez route, forgoing the Arctic route on its return leg. No further CAX sailings are planned, wi
MSC will launch a new Cheetah service connecting Singapore, Colombo, Beira, Nacala, Singapore from November 2025. The service will turn 5 weeks using 5 ships of 2,500 teu starting with the 2,532 teu MSC SHEFFIELD III at Singapore on 3 November 2025.
Arkas Line has launched a new Med Africa Service (MAS) connecting Alexandria, Beirut, Lattakia, Mersin, Aliaga, La Spezia, Genoa, Casablanca, Dakar, Lagos (Apapa), Lagos (Tincan), Tema, Abidjan, Nouakchott, Casablanca, Tangier, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, La Spezia, Genoa, Salerno, Alexandria from 20 October 2025. The MAS combines Arkas' existing Blue Med Service (BMS) and West Africa Service (WAS) and will turn in 10 weeks using 10 ships of 1,400 to 2,400 teu, using ships redeployed from the 2 e
COSCO Shipping will launch a new Japan Thailand Vietnam (JTV) service connecting Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nansha, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Yangpu, Shekou, Kobe from the end of October 2025. The JTV service will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 1,700 teu starting with the 1,707 teu INSIGHT at Kobe on 28 October 2025.
SeaLead will replace its standalone Five Seas Express (5CX) service with a new Far East-Mediterranean service via the Suez Canal in cooperation with CU Lines (CUL) and Global Feeder Services (GFS) from the end of October 2025. The former 5CX service has been disrupted since August 2025 after 16 SeaLead operated ships were added to the OFAC sanctions list, affecting 8 ships of 5,000 teu to 6,800 teu that were formerly operated on the service. The new service operated by CUL, GFS and SeaLead wil
Shandong Marine Corporation (SMC) has launched a new Qingdao-Jeju container service connecting Qingdao, Jeju, Qingdao. The service will deploy the 672 teu SMC RIZHAO on a weekly rotation starting from 16 October 2025 at Qingdao, becoming the first service to provide regular direct connections between China to Jeju in South Korea.
CMA CGM will add new calls at Qingdao and Aqaba on its stand-alone Asia-Red Sea REX2 service from 16 October 2025. The enhanced REX2 service will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Nansha, Singapore, Djibouti, Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba, Qingdao, turning in 9 weeks using 9 ships of 5,000 to 9,000 teu with a extra week added to the rotation.
TS Lines will cease its participation on the Transpacific trade from November 2025 when it withdraws its single vessel operated on the Asia-US West Coast (AWC) service that is jointly operated with SeaLead and KMTC. The 2,954 teu TS TACOMA will end its AWC rotation at Busan on 29 October and will be redeployed to the China-Australia CA3 service. The AWC service was launched in June 2024 and turns in 6 weeks callings at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Busan, Long Beach, Busan, Qingdao. The service wi
CU Lines will add a new Sokhna-Jeddah-Aden (SJA) service connecting Sokhna, Jeddah, Aden, Jeddah, Sokhna from 29 October 2025. The service will turn in 18 days using the 870 teu SUNNY 68 on a rolling 18 day frequency.
X-Press Feeders will launch a new Spain Portugal X-Press 2 (SPX 2) service connecting Valencia, Lisbon, Casablanca, Valencia from 22 October 2025. ONE will take slots on the service that it brands as Spain Portugal Morocco (SPM). The SPX 2 / SPM service will turn in 14 days and will operate initially with a single ship on a fortnightly frequency using the 646 teu PERSEUS.