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The 11,388 teu CMA CGM COLUMBA will make an eastbound Suez transit on 26 July 2025 on the Europe Pakistan India Consortium (EPIC) service that CMA CGM operates in cooperation with COSCO and OOCL. It is the second EPIC transit on the Suez and follows the 11,388 teu CMA CGM AQUILA that made an eastbound transit on 17 June 2025.
OOCL has launched a new Indonesia Vietnam Straits Express (IVS) service that connects Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Surabaya, Semarang, Singapore from 4 July 2025. The IVS turns in 14 days and deploys 2 ships - the 1,774 teu INFERRO and 1,809 teu MONICA. The IVS will replace OOCL's existing Vietnam Singapore Express (VSX) that is absorbed in the new service.
X-Press Feeders have launched a new Belawan Straits X-Press 2 (BSX2) service connecting Singapore, Belawan, Singapore from 2 July 2025. The service turns weekly in 7 days starting with the 1,162 teu MTT SENARI at Belawan on 2 July 2025 for 3 voyages before being replaced by the 1,170 teu FENG HAI 98 on 23 July 2025.
CStar Line will launch a new Far East-Red Sea service (FRS1) from 26 July 2025 to call at Ningbo, Shanghai, Nansha, Jeddah, Aqaba, Sokhna, Jeddah, Ningbo. The service will turn in approximately 60 days and deploys 4 ships of 1,600 to 2,000 teu starting with the 1,831 teu CSTAR VOYAGER at Ningbo on 26 July 2025.
Unifeeder has started to offer slots on the India-Med Service (IMD) that is jointly operated by Arkas and Turkon that is branded respectively as the India Med Service (IMS) / Turkiye Red Sea India (TRI). The service calls at Ambarli (Kumport & Marport), Evyap, Aliaga, Mersin, Port Said East, Aqaba, Jeddah, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jeddah, Aqaba, Port Said East, Alexandria, Ambarli. Unifeeder's participation starts from 5 July 2025. The service turns in approximately 42 days on a 10 day frequency usi
Hai An has launched a new East China Express (ECX) service connecting Ho Chi Minh City, Haiphong, Lianyungang, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City from 2 July 2025. The service turns in 28 days and will deploy ships of 1,000-1,200 teu on a fortnightly frequency starting with the 1,200 teu HAIAN BELL at Ho Chi Minh City on 1 July, followed by the 1,032 teu HAIAN TIME on 14 July.
New New Shipping has kicked off the first sailing on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for the 2025 season with the 1,220 teu XIN XIN HAI 1 at Lianyungang on 8 July 2025 for a trip to Arkhangelsk. New New Shipping completed 13 voyages on the NSR in 2024, with Safetrans making a single voyage. The NSR window runs from July to October of each year.
Transit Line has launched a new China-Novorossiysk FETLED Express service connecting Qingdao, Shanghai, Nansha, Ambarli, Izmit, Novorossiysk, Qingdao with the 1,930 teu TRANSIT TAVAYZA on 23 June 2025. The service will operate on an irregular basis with a turnaround time of 9 weeks.
Clarion Shipping West Africa has completed the first voyage on its newly acquired 349 teu OCEAN DRAGON on an ad hoc trip from Qingdao to Lagos on 2 July 2025 after a 11 week voyage that started at Qingdao on 16 April 2025. The ship will be deployed on a new West Africa coastal service connecting Nigerian ports.
MSC has made the first move to withdraw excess capacity on the transpacific route with the suspension of the Pearl service that connects Cai Mep, Haiphong, Nansha, Hong Kong, Yantian, Xiamen, Long Beach. The last sailing on the Pearl service will be made by the 8,819 teu MSC ELODIE from Xiamen on 13 July 2025. The Pearl service is currently operated as part of Pearl-Shikra service since May 2025 using ships of 8,000 to 9,400 teu. The Far East-India leg is expected to be retained after the remov