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Unimed has launched a new Malta-North Africa feeder service that connects Malta, Skikda/Sfax, Malta on 15 April 2023 with the 936 teu MOLIVA.
CMA CGM and Unifeeder/Unimed will launch a new Black Sea service that will call at Piraeus, Ambarli, Poti, Piraeus starting from 21 April 2023. The service is branded as the Caucasus Georgia Express by CMA CGM and Greece-Turkey-Georgia service by Unifeeder/Unimed, and will deploy the 1,096 teu CMA CGM BLOSSOM and the 1,145 teu SC PHOENIX on a 14 day rotation.
Ellerman will launch a new Poland to UK Express (IPEX) service from 28 April 2023 calling at Gdynia, Teesport, Tilbury, Gdynia with the 966 teu NOVA.
Tangshan Hede Shipping has launched a new China-Vietnam-Thailand 1 (CVT1) service that will provide the first direct connection between its home port of Tangshan with Vietnam and Thailand via transhipment at Nansha. The CVT1 service connects Nansha, Ho Chi Minh City, Laem Chabang, Nansha. The service started on 7 April 2023 with the 1,096 teu HS HONG KONG that has joined Hede Shipping on a 6 to 8 months charter at $13,000 per day. (Update : The ship has been replaced by the 1,060 teu TRANSIMEX
Lotus Link, the joint venture of Zim and Hai An Transport, has launched its first service from 18 March 2023. The Haiphong-Saigon-Port Klang 1 (HSP1) service connects Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Port Klang, Ho Chi Minh City using 2 Vietnamese flagged ships - the 1,060 teu HAIAN LINK and the 1,134 teu TC SYMPHONY that allows it to operate on both the domestic route and international route.
Samskips has added a weekly Gothenburg-Iceland connection with the addition of the Swedish port on its existing Iceland-Faeroe-Europe service starting from 6 April 2023. The service will call at Rotterdam, Cuxhaven, Gothenburg, Aarhus, Runavik, Reykjavik, Grundartangi, Vestmannaeyjar, Runavik, Rotterdam using the 908 teu HELGAFELL and ARNARFELL that will turn on a 14 day rotation.
Hornafric Sea Shipping, a freight and logistics brokerage based in Dubai has launched a new service between the Middle East and Somalia. The service will connect Salalah and Bosaso in Somalia using the 665 teu geared mpp vessel CELESTIA that has been chartered for 6 months for $12,300 per day.
Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new West Coast South America Feeder 4/WCSA Feeder 4 (WS4) service that connects Peru and Chile. The WS4 service will start from 5 June 2023 and call at Callao, Iquique, Puerto Angamos, Arica, Callao with the 1,930 teu newbuilding CAPE BRUNO. The service will turn in 2 weeks, with a second ship to join the service later in June.
Russian carrier Modul has launched a new Modul America Russia Express (MAREX) service that connects St Petersburg with Paranagua and Santos. The service started on 16 February 2023 with the 1,735 teu mpp vessel HUANGHAI STRUGGLER from St Petersburg and arrived at Paranagua on 19 March and Santos on 25 March. Modul also operates the Modul India Russia Express (MIREX) service that was launched in September 2022 connecting St Petersburg with Mundra, Nhava Sheva and Jebel Ali using 2 ships - the 1
X-Press Feeders will add a new call at Cork on its Bilbao Gijon X-Press (BGX) replacing the current call at Vigo and switch the Cork call to after Southampton ahead of Dublin and Belfast on its Irish Sea X-Press 3 (ISX3) service. Both of these changes will be effective from 18 April 2023. The revised BGX rotation will be Rotterdam, Dunkirk, Gijon, Bilbao, Cork, Rotterdam starting with the 1,036 teu X-PRESS ELBE at Cork on 21 April. Bilbao Gijon X-Press (BGX) rotationThe revised ISX3 rotation