Services/Sailings

Medkon is starting a new service, Bulgaria-Romania Shuttle Service (BRO), that connects Ambarli, Gebze, Varna, Constantza, Ambarli on 7-day round trip with 353 teu MEDKON KRM. The service will start on 23 May at Ambarli.

Maersk is launching a new PH1  service on 24 May 2023 calling at Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Haiphong, Yantian, Hong Kong, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Hong Kong, Nansha, Kaohsiung, Busan, Hakata, Moji, Hibiki, Busan. It replaces the current HP3 service that calls at Busan, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Hong Kong, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Hong Kong, Nansha, Kaohsiung, Busan, with the additional coverage to Vietnam and an extension of the service to Japan. The new PH1 will turn in 35 days using

Maersk is replacing the IA-80 service with a new IA-10 S. China-Siam Bay-Taiwan-Philippines service calling at Taichung, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Shekou, Sihanoukville, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Batangas, Manila North, Taichung from 16 July 2023, starting with the 1,118 teu MCC ANDALAS at Taichung. Calls at Japan and Korea ports will be taken out in the new port rotation although the calls at the Korean and Japanese ports have been omitted since March 2023. The 3 ships previously depl

MSC has changed the port coverage of 10 of its intra-Asia services in May and June 2023, with details as follows: Bengal - new rotation Belawan, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Chittagong, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Belawan using 3 ships of 1,700 teu from 3 June 2023. It replaces the old Bengal service calling at Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Chittagong, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Hong Kong, Qingdao. MSC Bengal ServiceBurma - new rotation Belawan, Singapor

Transpacific vessel capacity is rising again after continuously dropping for the last 12 months, but remains 16.7% lower compared to the peak in April 2022. The recent increase was due to the injection of neo-panamax newbuildings of 13,000 to 15,000 teu into the transpacific trade. Meanwhile, Asia-Europe capacity has continued to increase due to the injection of new ships on the route, with the 2M announcing the addition of 9 more ships on their Asia-Europe services from June. Despite the reduc

SITC has revised its China Malaysia Indonesia 2 (CMI2) service that was first launched in March 2021 with calls at Semarang and Surabaya to be removed from May 2023. The new CMI2 rotation will call at Nansha, Shekou, Haiphong, Qinzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Batangas, Manila(N), Nansha. The revised service will turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 1,000 teu to 1,300 teu - the ISEACO FORTUNE (1,367 teu), SITC QINZHOU (1,043 teu), TIGER BINTULU (1,384 teu) and TI

Containerships will combine the PGWC (Portugal-West Coast) with the POSS (Portugal South Spain) into a revamped PGWC service from 18 May 2023. The extended service will call at Dublin, Liverpool, Montoir, Leixoes, Algeciras, Vigo, Setubal, Leixoes, Ferrol, Liverpool, Dublin. The upgraded weekly service will turn around in 3 weeks starting with the 809 teu CMA CGM GOYA at Dublin on 18 May, followed by the 750 teu ENFORCER on 25 May and 868 teu WILHELM on 1 June. The service replaces the current

Evergreen will launch a new Korea Taiwan Haiphong (KTH) service calling at Hakata, Ulsan, Busan, Kwangyang, Qingdao, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Haiphong, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Hakata on 21-day round trip with three 1,700 teu-1,900 teu ships from 4 June 2023. The KTH service will deploy the 1,984 teu EVER CLEVER, 1,844 teu EVER CHASTE and 1,708 teu QUEZON BRIDGE that will phase in at Hakata on 4 June, 14 June and 28 June respectively. QUEZON BRIDGE will be replaced by the 1,809 teu EVER CHARM on 11 July a

HMM has launched a new ICN (Intra Cross Network) service that operates on a two-wing butterfly pattern calling at Busan, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Incheon, Busan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Kaohsiung, Manila, Busan, Dalian, Qingdao, Busan. The total duration will be 42 days using 6 Bangkokmax ships of 1,700 to 1,900 teu. The service starts on 19 May 2022 at Busan with the 1,805 teu PELICAN, followed by the 1,809 teu SKY RAINBOW, 1,762 teu INCEDA, 1,713 teu AS SUSANNA,

Arkas and Evergreen have teamed up to launch a new North Africa Express/North Africa (NAX/NAFR) service that connects Piraeus, Algiers, Valencia, Casablanca. The service will operate on a 20 days rotation using 2 ships with sailings every 10 days starting with the 1,164 teu UNI-ASSURE from Evergreen at Piraeus on 16 May 2023 and the 1,445 teu ROZA A from Arkas on 30 May.