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X-Press Feeders and TS Lines will launch a new Hercules (HLS) service connecting Laem Chabang, Singapore, Port Klang, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Karachi, Port Klang, Singapore, Laem Chabang from 24 April 2026. The service will turn in 35 days with 4 ships of 2,900 to 4,900 teu deployed initially and a blank sailing in each cycle. X-Press Feeders will deploy 3 ships, the 4,636 teu ZHONG GU NAN JING, 3,316 teu DING YUAN HUAN YU and 4,896 teu X-PRESS ANGLESEY while TS Lines will deploy the 2,954 teu TS
Maersk has launched a new Intra Asia 4 (IA4) service that connects Xingang, Qingdao, Xiamen, Manila North, Tanjung Pelepas, Jakarta, Tanjung Pelepas, Batangas, Nansha, Hong Kong, Busan, Xingang from 30 March 2026. The service turns in 42 days using 6 ships of 2,100 t0 3,500 teu starting with the 3,398 teu IRENES RAY at Xingaong on 30 March 2026.
CMA CGM has launched a new Kanimambo service connecting Colombo, Beira, Nacala, Colombo from 27 March 2026. The service will turn in 35 days and deploy 5 ships of 1,700 to 2,500 teu running on a weekly basis starting with the 1,710 teu EF EMMA at Colombo on 27 March 2026.
ONE will launch a new Iberia Baltic Express (IBX) service connecting Leixoes, Lisbon, Southampton, Rotterdam, Gdansk, Riga, Klaipeda, Gdynia, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Leixoes from 18 May 2026. The service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 1,000 to 1,800 teu starting with the 1,781 teu LANGENESS on 18 May 2026 at Southampton and the 1,528 teu SINAR BUKITTINGGI on 20 May 2026 at Leixoes, followed by the 1,084 teu SVENDBORG and 1,436 teu ESSENSE to make up the quartet.
Yang Ming will launch a new China Singapore Malaysia (CSM) service calling at Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Shekou, Singapore, Port Klang Westport, Xiamen from 3 April 2026. The service will turn in 21 days using 3 ships of 1,700 to 4,250 teu starting with the 2,940 teu YM CONSTANCY at Xiamen on 3 April, followed by the 4,250 teu YM ETERNITY and 1,708 teu SMOOTH SAILING.
COSCO has sent the 18,982 teu CSCL ARCTIC OCEAN and CSCL INDIAN OCEAN through the Strait of Hormuz on 30 March 2026, becoming the first containerships not linked to Iran to leave the Persian Gulf since the 2,553 teu SSF LEO made it out on 3 March 2026. It follows an aborted attempt on 27 March 2026 when both vessels turned back just south of Qeshm and returned to shelter off Dubai. Both ships are operated by COSCO on the OCEAN Alliance Far East-Middle East 5 (MEA5 aka MEX/ME5/CMEX) service with
The 18,982 teu CSCL ARCTIC OCEAN and CSCL INDIAN OCEAN have aborted their first attempted passage of the Strait of Hormuz on 27 March 2026, which would have marked the first containerships that are not linked to Iran to leave the Persian Gulf since the 2,553 teu SSF LEO made it out on 3 March 2026. Both ships turned back just before passing the Hormuz in the morning of 27 March 2026 and are headed back to shelter at Dubai. They are operated by COSCO on the OCEAN Alliance Far East-Middle East 5
Gulftainer's shipping arm GT Lines has launched a revised India-Sharjah Express (ISX) service that will provide alternative connections to UAE via the Gulftainer operated port of Khor Fakkan following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The revised service will operate 2 separate routes, with the ISX 1 calling at Nhava Sheva, Khor Fakkan, Nhava Sheva while the ISX 2 will call at Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Khor Fakkan, Mundra. The service will operate 3 ships of 1,000 teu on the 2 routes starting wit
CMA CGM has relaunched its Red Sea Med Express (REDEX) service with a new rotation calling at Port Said, Marsaxlokk, Alexandria, Aqaba, Jeddah, Port Said from 19 March 2026. The service will turn in 3 weeks and will deploy 3 ships of 2,500 teu starting with the 2,592 teu CMA CGM VILA DO CONDE at Malta on 19 March 2026.
Shandong Marine Corporation (SMC) will expand its Malaysia-Indonesia Express (MIX) service with a new connection to link Port Klang and Chittagong that is operated under the Feeder Express Shipping brand. The MIX was first launched in August 2025 to connect Port Klang, Belawan, Port Klang using the 712 teu SMC QINGDAO. A second ship, the 376 teu SMC KLANG will join the MIX service from 1 April 2026, with a new connection between Port Klang and Chittagong to be added.