Services/Sailings

CMA CGM launching Caucasus Georgia Express covering Poti, Piraeus, Ambarli, Poti with a 1,118 teu MAREN. MAREN will phase in on 8 January at Piraeus. MAREN is currently being deployed in a East Med feeder service.

MSC started a Benin Feeder Service, another shuttle that uses 1,730 teu MSC RIONA running between Cotonou and Lome on weekly basis. The service has already started on 1 Dec at Lome. MSC RIONA was previously deployed in another West Africa feeder.

MSC has started DJIBOUTI EXPRESS, a shuttle that goes between Djibouti and King Abdullah Port with 1,438 teu MSC MALIN that has phased in on 7 December 2022 at Djibouti. MSC MALIN were previously running in a MSC Feedering Service that connect India and Pakistan.

ASEAN Seas has launched a new Peninsula Japan Express 2 service (PJX 2) that use a single 698 teu ATLANTIC EAST that calls Rizhao, Qingdao, Osaka, Kobe, Hakata, Rizhao on 14 days round trip. ATLANTIC EAST has phased in at Qingdao on 31 Dec 2022. ATLANTIC EAST was until recently deployed in the ASEAN Seas' NPX2 which connects East China and the main Kansai of Japan.

MSC has launched a new service that connects Turkey, North Africa, Portugal and Spain starting from 29 December 2022. The Turkey to North Africa service connects Mersin, Aliaga, Derince, Tekirdag, Algiers, Casablanca, Sines, Valencia, Algiers, Malta, Mersin using 4 ships of 1,100 teu that will turn in 28 days. The CONTSHIP OAK, MSC CHARLOTTE, MSC SIGMA F and MSC AZURIT F have been assigned for the first 4 voyages but MSC will be shuffling vessels on this service from its Med network. Turkey

TS Lines has launched a new China Australia 3 (CA3) service calling at Qingdao, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Nansha, Shekou, Port Kelang(W), Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Port Kelang(W), Laem Chabang, Nansha, Qingdao. The service started from 28 October 2022 with the 1,909 teu TS NAGOYA. It turns in 56 days using 8 ships of 1,700-2,700 teu.

Wan Hai has revised the rotation of its Asia America IV (AA5) transpacific service with the call at Taipei dropped while a new call at Seattle is added. The revised rotation started from November 2022 and calls at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Long Beach, Seattle, Qingdao. The service will turn in 6 weeks but it being downgraded with just 2 ships of 3,013 teu  deployed in January and February 2023, with 4 blanked sailings on each 6 week cycle.

CMA CGM has revised the rotation of its Eagle Express X (EXX) service from October 2022, with the addition of a new call at Yantian while dropping the Honolulu westbound call. The revised rotation calls at Busan, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Oakland, Dutch Harbor, Busan and now turns in 7 weeks using 7 ships of 5,095-6,350 teu.

Doornekamp Lines is continuing to operate its China-Vancouver transpacific loader service using the owned 1,118 teu VALENCIA ELIZABETH D despite the sharp drop in freight rates on the route. Doornekamp Lines have been operating the ship on the transpacific route since 29 March 2022 when it was named SONGA LYNX and had taken ownership of the ship on 26 July 2022 from Songa and renamed it VALENCIA ELIZABETH D. It is the 3rd ship under Doornekamp's ownership, following its acquisition of the 857

Saigon Newport (SNP) and Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VMC) has launched a new joint service that connects Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Haiphong. The domestic service started from 24 December 2022 with the 420 teu TAN CANG FOUNDATION at Haiphong and arrived at Can Tho on 29 December 2022. The ship is operated by SNP's Tan Cang Shipping with 2 sailings to be provided each month. The frequency will be upgraded at a later stage with VMC's VIMC Shipping to add a 610 teu ship. The service w