Services/Sailings

The launch of the new ZIM Colibri Xpress (ZCX) service connecting San Antonio, Callao, Guayaquil, Cartagena, Kingston, Philadelphia, Miami, Kingston, Buenaventura, Guayaqui, Callao, San Antonio has been delayed from March to April. The first sailing is scheduled to depart from San Antonio on 7 April 2023 with the 1,732 EM SPETSES. The ZIM Colibri Xpress (ZCX) is named after the South American Colibri hummingbird and will deploy 6 ships of 1,700 teu. The other ships to be deployed will be the H

Maersk has suspended the TP20 FE-USEC transpacific service that connects Jakarta, Cai Mep, Shanghai, Ningbo, Busan, Panama Canal, Mobile, New York, Suez Canal, Jakarta with the last sailing by the 4,252 teu NAGOYA TRADER that has departed from Jakarta on 13 February 2023. The service currently deploys 12 to 13 ships of 4,200-5,500 teu and provides the only direct connection between Jakarta to the US East Coast. The TP20 was first launched by Maersk in July 2021 and was amalgamated with the TP

Meratus has launched a new Papua New Guinea Express (PNG Express) service that connects Jakarta, Surabaya, Dili, Motukea, Lae, Jakarta from 7 February with the 1,005 teu MERATUS GORONTALO. The service will be operated on a fortnightly basis with a 28 day turnaround with a second vessel, the 1,129 teu MERATUS 1 to join the service on 22 February. The new service will also offer connections from China, Malaysia and Singapore to PNG via transhipment at Jakarta on Meratus' current international net

MSC is already preparing ahead for life after 2M with the reinstatement of the Dragon service connecting Asia to Mediterranean. The Dragon service was suspended in April 2020 when it was part of the 2M's AE-20/Dragon service. The renewed Dragon service will be operated independently by MSC and will start on 13 March 2023, calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Singapore, Ashdod, Naples, La Spezia, Genoa, Fos, Gioia Tauro, King Abdullah, Singapore, Shanghai. Port rotation of MSC's new Dragon s

Swire Shipping and Carpenter Shipping will introduce a new Pacific Weekly Express (PWX) service that connects Port Klang, Singapore, Motukea, Lae, Noumea, Suva, Lautoka/Honiara (alt), Rabaul/Madang/Lae (alt), Port Klang. The new weekly service will start on 24 February 2023 at Port Klang and will deploy 7 geared ships with 6 ships from Swire - RABAUL CHIEF (2,381 teu), TONGA CHIEF (2,118 teu), PORT VILA CHIEF (2,118 teu), VICTORIA (1,678 teu), HIGHLAND CHIEF (1,617 teu) and 1 more ship to be n

Maersk is launching a new Intra Southeast Asia service TH-9 that calls Laem Chabang, Kuantan, Tanjung Pelepas, Jakarta, Tanjung Pelepas, Songkhla, Laem Chabang on a 14-day round trip using the 2,362 teu MAERSK NORBERG and 2,362 teu MAERSK NASSJO starting from Jakarta on 8 April 2023.

MSC will add a new service connecting NWC to/from Dublin and Cork that will provide connections at the Northwest Continent hubs of Antwerp and Le Havre. The service will start on 28 February 2023 at Dublin with the 1,730 teu CARLA-LIV that will call at Dublin, Cork, Le Havre, Antwerp, Dublin. The service will turn in 2 weeks. NWC TO/FROM DUBLIN AND CORK service rotation

MSC will extend its Sentosa transpacific service to the Indian subcontient with the addition of new calls at Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Colombo. The extended Sentosa service will call at Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Colombo, Port Klang, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Dachan Bay, Shekou, Long Beach, Oakland, Busan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Shekou, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, starting from 13 February 2023 with the 11,660 teu MSC SOLA from Nhava Sheva. The extended service wi

SeaLead has introduced a new Mediterranean-US East Coast (MEC) service connecting New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Jacksonville, Damietta, New York. The MEC service started on 22 January 2023 with the 3,380 teu AVNI from New York, after a trial Transatlantic run by the same vessel in December 2022. The new service turns in 5 weeks but will operate on an irregular basis with only 1 ship currently deployed.

SeaLead will re-route its Asia-US East Coast (AEC) service from Panama to the Suez route by transhipment at Damietta. The service will replace its previous AEC service that was first launched in March 2022 to connect Nansha, Ningbo, Qingdao, Busan, Norfolk, New York, Charleston, Jacksonville, Nansha via the Panama Canal. TS Lines joined the service in July 2022 by adding a 5,400 teu ship to complement the 3 ships of 4,900-6,900 teu that SeaLead employed on the AEC. This service has been suspende