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RCL has launched a new RCL Calcutta Service 9 (RCH9) connecting Chu Lai, Port Klang (WP), Kolkata, Kattupalli, Chu Lai from 16 May 2025. The service turns in 25-28 days and deploys various ships of 800 teu to 1,000 teu on irregular schedules starting with the 1,018 teu CHANA BHUM at Chu Lai on 16 May 2025.
MSC has launched a new West Med to West Africa service connecting Genoa, Valencia, Las Palmas, Dakar, Tema, Lome, Abidjan, Dakar, Genoa from 17 June 2025. The service turns in 6 weeks using 6 ships of 1,700 to 2,800 teu starting with the 1,730 teu MSC PANAYA at Genoa on 17 June 2025.
CMA CGM has redirected a ship on the Europe Pakistan India Consortium (EPIC) service to the Suez route despite the escalation in the Middle East conflict since 13 June 2025. The 11,388 teu CMA CGM AQUILA is heading from Algeciras to the Red Sea and is scheduled to transit the Suez Canal on 17 June 2025 before calling at Jeddah on 20 June, Abu Dhabi on 28 June and Jebel Ali on 30 June. The shorter Suez route will allow CMA CGM to cut the transit time from Europe to Abu Dhabi by about 10 days and
MSC will launch a new Oryx service connecting Singapore, Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Singapore from 19 June 2025. The service will turn in 6 weeks using up to 6 ships of 3,500 teu starting with the 3,534 teu MSC ELBA III at Singapore on 19 June 2025.
TS Lines will introduce a new Japan Thailand Express (JTX) service from 24 June 2025 when it joins CMA CGM/CNC as a vessel operator on the latter's revised JTX service that replaces its former Japan-Taiwan-Hong Kong-Thailand 1 (JTXCNC) service. The new JTX service will call at Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Shekou, Nansha, Laem Chabang, Hong Kong, Shekou, Tokyo with the former calls at Kaohsiung, Taichung and Keelung dropped. The service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 2,400 to 3,0
CMA CGM will launch a new Kilima Xpress service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Singapore, Colombo, Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Colombo, Singapore, Shanghai. The Kilima Xpress service will turn in 8 weeks and will deploy 8 ships of 3,500-5,000 teu starting from 4 August 2025 with the 4,231 teu CMA CGM TARRAGONA.
CMA CGM will launch a new Scandinavia West Coast Express (SWX) service connecting Gothenburg, Aarhus, Klaipeda, Gdansk, Gothenburg from 16 July 2025. The service will turn in 7 days using the 750 teu CT PACHUCA.
MSC will change the pairing of the Far East-Middle East Clanga service once again, dropping the planned combination with the Sentosa service to the PSW and switching to a new combination with the Chinook service to the PNW. The new Chinook-Clanga service will start from 6 June 2025 calling at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Dammam, Hamad, Cai Mep, Haiphong, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan, Seattle, Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Busan, Qingdao. The new pendulum
Tailwind's current Colombo-Chittagong feeder service will be extended into a new Tiger Express (TEX) service connecting Port Klang, Ho Chi Minh City, Port Klang, Colombo, Chittagong, Port Klang from 17 June 2025. The service will operate on a fortnightly frequency, turning in 4 weeks using 2 ships - the 1,756 teu NORDTIGER and 1,930 teu ASL PEONY. The service will allow for connections at Port Klang's Northport terminal to Tailwind's revised Panda Express (PAX) service that will connect Qingdao
MSC will upgrade its USA to South Africa service to a standalone service from October 2025, replacing its long standing America Express (AMEX) service jointly operated with Maersk. The enhanced USA to South Africa service will retain the same AMEX port rotation that calls at New York, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, Freeport (Bahamas), Port Elizabeth, Durban, Cape Town, New York, with an additional call at Philadelphia to be added during the citrus season that normally runs from April to Octobe