Services/Sailings

CMA CGM's intra-Asia arm CNC has teamed up with CK Line and SeaLead to launch a new Korea Indonesia 8 (KI8)/China Indonesia Korea (CIK)/Intra Asia Service (SEA7) connecting Busan, Incheon, Shanghai, Ningbo, Jakarta, Semarang, Ho Chi Minh City, Busan from 15 September 2025. The KI8/CIK/SEA7 service will turn in 28 weeks and deploys 4 ships of 1,700 to 2,800 teu starting with the 2,822 teu CNC PANTHER at Busan on 15 September to be followed by the 2,693 teu SKY PRIDE from CK Line and 1,732 teu HA

ANL/CMA CGM will launch a new Northeast Asia to PNG and Far North Queensland APR2 service connecting Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Lae, Motukea, Brisbane, Gladstone, Townsville, Qingdao from 12 September 2025. The service turns in 42 days using 3 ships of 1,700 teu on a fortnightly frequency starting with the 1,756 teu SAN GIORGIO at Qingdao on 12 September, followed by the 1,740 teu ELA and 1,794 teu SEVILLIA.

COSCO has launched a new Yangpu Batam Express (YBX) connecting Yangpu, Kota Kinabalu, Batam, Singapore, Yangpu from 13 August 2025. The service turns in 14 days and operates initially on a fortnightly basis with the 1,064 teu CTP MAKASSAR from Yangpu on 13 August 2025 for a single round trip before being replaced by the 1,008 teu DANUM 171 at Batam on 1 September 2025.

COSCO will launch a new Southeast Asia India 1 (SEI1) calling at Surabaya, Jakarta, Singapore, Port Klang, Nhava Sheva, Port Klang, Singapore, Surabaya from September 2025. This service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 2,700 to 4,200 teu srarting with the 4,250 teu XIN TAI CANG at Surabaya on 24 September 2025.

CMA CGM has launched a new new Male Shuttle (MLEFEED) service connecting Colombo, Male, Colombo from 24 August 2025. The service turns in 14 days and will operate initially with the 1,794 teu SEVILLIA and 1,713 teu CMA CGM DANANG.

CMA CGM will launch a new intra-Med Maestrale Service connecting Malta, Durres, Rijeka, Salerno, Malta from 5 October 2025. The service turns in 14 days and will initially deploy the 750 teu JSP CARLA and 707 teu MEDKON SAMSUN.

The Premier Alliance partners (HMM, ONE and Yang Ming) will suspend their Pacific South 5 (PS5) service, with the last sailing by the 4,992 teu NYK CONSTELLATION to depart from Ningbo on 8 September 2025. The PS5 service was launched in June 2025 and calls at Qingdao, Ningbo, Long Beach, Qingdao with ad hoc calls at Busan and Kobe. The service turns in 6 weeks using 3 ships of 4,600 to 4,900 teu on a fortnightly frequency since July 2025.

Newly established carrier Warisan Shipping Line (WSL) has launched a new Singapore Express Service connecting Singapore, Muara, Kota Kinabalu, Singapore from 4 August 2025 with the 1,118 teu JI YUN 16. The service turns in 12 days, with a second ship, the 602 teu JIFA BOHAI operating on a different port rotation that would include calls at Port Klang and Lahad Datu in Sabah. WSL was established in March 2025 in Brunei to provide shipping services in the ASEAN region.

WEC Lines will upgrade 2 of its existing services connecting the North Continent with Iberia/Canary Islands. The new NWC Portugal (NWC PT) will call at Rotterdam, Moerdijk, Antwerp, Vigo, Leixoes, Setubal, Montoir, Rotterdam, turning in 14 days using 2 ships of 1,000 teu (WEC VAN RIJN and WEC DE HOOGH) from 30 August 2025. The NWC Canary Islands (NWC CAI) will call at Hamburg, Thamesburg, Moerdijk, Bilbao, Vigo, Leixoes, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, Sines, Hamburg, turning in 21 days using 3 ships

MSC will launch a revised USA-West Africa-South Africa Express (USWASA Express), service from 1 October 2025, with the addition of new calls at West Africa to replace its current USA to South Africa service that it jointly operates with Maersk. The USWASA will call at New York, Baltimore, Savannah, Freeport, Lome, Durban, Coega, Cape Town, San Pedro, New York with an additional call at Philadelphia to added on a seasonal basis. The service will turn in 9 weeks and will deploy 9 ships of 2,500