Services/Sailings

SITC has introduced a new China-Philippines Express 4 (CPX4) service connecting Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Subic Bay, Manila South, Shanghai, Osaka from 18 March 2025. The CPX4 will turn in 21 days and deploys 3 ships of 1,000 teu starting with the freshly delivered 1,023 teu SITC TONGHE at Osaka on 18 March 2025, followed by the 1,049 teu HF LUCKY and ASIATIC PRIDE.

COSCO Shipping has launched a new North Africa Service (NAS) connecting Valencia, Algiers, Valencia from 25 February 2025. The service turns in 7 days using the 652 teu MEDKON RIZE and 925 teu CONTSHIP IVY to provide 2 sailings each week. .

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will launch 2 new feeder services to provide connections between the Colombian hub of Cartagena with US Gulf coast ports from March 2025. These services are operated by Maersk as part of the Gemini Cooperation network to the US Gulf:- * The America Shuttle 1 (AM1) / Florida Shuttle (FLS) service will connect Cartagena, Miami, Jacksonville, Cartagena from 17 March 2025. The service will turn in 14 days using the 2,544 teu ERATO and 2,532 teu MAERSK NESTON * The IAM Ameri

SeaLead will launch a new Mombasa-Dar es Salaam (MDS) service using the 1,118 teu DEVON. The service will operate on a rolling 10-11 days schedule, with the first sailing from Mombasa on 23 March 2025 (delayed from the original schedule 17 March 2025).

CNC, the intra-Asia arm of CMA CGM, has added a new Singapore Philippines 8 (SP8) connecting Singapore, Davao, General Santos, Singapore from 2 March 2025. The SP8 will turn in 14 days using 2 geared containerships - the 1,114 teu CONTSHIP WAY and 1,118 teu VIMC DIAMOND. The service is aimed at the transport of reefer products from Mindanao including bananas, pineapples and other perishable products.

COSCO and X-Press Feeders have added a second Chancay feeder to connect Chancay, Callao, Iquique, Arica, Ilo, Chancay from 8 March 2025. The service is an extension of X-Press Feeders' Chile Peru X-Press (CPX) that called at Callao, Iquique, Callao with the addition of the new Chancay, Arica and Ilo calls from 17 December 2024 using the 1,341 teu ALIOTH. The service was operated on a fortnightly basis before the addition of a second ship, the 1,098 teu CONTSHIP DON from COSCO on 8 March 2025 wi

CMA CGM and Maersk will launch a new jointly operated Asia-East Coast South America service branded respectively as the the SEAS 3 and ASAS2 calling at Shanghai, Shekou, Cai Mep, Singapore, Santos, Singapore, Shanghai from 8 April 2025. The SEAS 3/ASAS2 service will turn in 11 weeks and will deploy 11 ships of 5,000 teu to 8,000 teu, with CMA CGM operating 7 ships and Maersk operating 4 ships. The service will connect at Santos for relay to other East Coast Latin American ports and will also pr

Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new Portugal Tangier Express (PTX) service connecting Tangier, Lisbon, Vigo, Leixoes, Tangier from 17 March 2025 with the 1,440 teu GFS SAPPHIRE on a weekly rotation that will provide connections between Iberian ports as well as transshipment options at Tangier to Hapag-Lloyd’s global network.

MSC will suspend one of the 5 Asia to North America West Coast services that it planned to launch in 2025, reducing its Transpacific coverage to only 4 sailings per week. The withdrawal of the Mustang service that was to connect Xiamen, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Busan, Xiamen would remove about 12,000 teu weekly from the FE-WCNA route and would release 7 ships that MSC said would be redeployed to other trades. The Mustang service had been operated in its pr

X-Press Feeders have relaunched its Intra Adriatic X-Press (IAX) service with a revised rotation calling at Trieste, Ancona, Ravenna, Trieste. The new IAX will turn in 7 days using the 698 teu SUNAID X at Ancona on 12 March 2025 (after the initial call at Trieste on 9 March 2025 was omitted).