A partnership involving 7 Asian carriers have teamed up to launch a new Asia-Mexico Express (AMX) service that is set to start from 30 April 2025. The AMX will call at Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan, Manzanillo, Shanghai and is expected to deploy 7 ships of 3,000 to 4,000 teu operated by Emirates Shipping, KMTC, RCL, Sinokor, Sinotrans, SeaLead Shipping and TS Lines. The new service will be a landmark move for all the 7 carriers who are entering the Mexico trade for the first time and will complement
Jinjiang Shipping, OOCL, Sinokor and SITC will jointly launch a new Far East-India service that will be branded respectively as South China-East India (CSI)/Far East Chennai Service 3 (FCS3)/Sinokor India Service 3 (SIS3)/Far East-India Express 2 (FIE2). The service will start from 2 December 2024 to call at Nansha, Shekou, Ho Chi Minh City, Laem Chabang, Port Klang (WP), Chennai, Port Klang, Nansha. It turns in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 2,400 to 2,800 teu with each partner contributing one ship
Sinokor, TS Lines and X-Press Feeders will launch a new China-Middle East service branded respectively as the Sinokor Gulf Service 2 (SGX2), Central China Middle East Express (CMX) and Jebel Ali-Far East X-Press (JFX) that will call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Port Klang, Jebel Ali, Colombo, Qingdao. The service will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy 6 ships of 6,000 to 8,000 teu starting with the 8,030 teu MUMBAI BRIDGE at Qingdao on 23 September 2024.
Unifeeder, China United Lines (CUL), Milaha and Sinokor will jointly launch a new China-Middle East Gulf Express (CGE/CGX/MGX/SGX1) service from May 2024 calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Jebel Ali, Shanghai. The CGE/CGX/MGX/SGX1 will turn in 35 days and deploys 5 ships of 2,400-3,000 teu starting from 20 May 2024. Unifeeder will operate 2 ships (the 3,006 teu CELCIUS ESSEN and CELSIUS EINDHOVEN), while CUL, Milaha and Sinokor will operate one ship each (the 2,518 teu ZHONG GU YING KOU, 2,8
Sinokor has launched a new Pusan-China-Indonesia 2 (PCI2) service connecting Busan, Kwangyang, Singapore, Jakarta, Haiphong, Shekou, Shantou, Xiamen, Incheon, Ulsan, Busan from 22 November 2023 using 4 ships of 1,800-2,100 teu (MANILA VOYAGER 2105 teu, BRIGHT COSMOS 1911, SAWASDEE VEGA 1809, SAWASDEE MIMOSA 1809 teu). The service will replace the former Korea Indonesia 2 (KI2) service that was operated jointly by Sinokor with HMM and KMTC that was withdrawn in October 2023.
Several carriers have announced their participation in the new X-Press Feeders North China-India West Coast X-Press (NWX) service that is operated jointly with Maersk, which brands it as the FI3 (Far East-India 3) that will start from October 2023. ONE, ESL and Sinokor have all announced their participation in the service, branding it respectively by ONE as Northeast Asia to Pakistan and India (NPI), ESL as Far East West India (FWI) and Sinokor as the North China-India West Coast Express (NWX).
Sinokor has launched a new Greater China-Russia Service (GRS) connecting Yantian, Nansha, Xiamen, Shanghai, Vostochny, Yantian from 3 September 2023 with the newly chartered 2,902 teu TB BRIGHT CITY. The new service will turn in 3 weeks and will operate in conjunction with 2 other ships operated by CStar Line (the 2,206 teu MAO GANG GUANG ZHOU and MAO GANG QUAN ZHOU) that will run on the same route, with CStar branding the services as the Far East-Far East Service 1 (FEFE1)
Heung-A/Sinokor have extended its Haiphong-Busan Service 1 (HPS 1) to the Russia Far East since June 2023 with the revised rotation calling at Busan, Ulsan, Kwangyang, Hong Kong, Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shekou, Xiamen, Kwangyang, Busan, Vladivostok, Busan. The service will call at 2 terminals in Vlaidvostok - Vladivostok Fishery Port and Vladivostok Container Terminal (VCT). The HPS1 3 ships of 1,003 on a 3 week rotation - the HEUNG-A HAIPHONG, HEUNG-A XIAMEN, HEUNG-A AKITA.
Sinokor is starting a new service called Busan Ningbo Express (BNX) on a 7-day round trip calling Busan, Ulsan, Kwangyang, Ningbo, Busan with a single ship. 706 teu PACIFIC BUSAN will phase in at Busan on 6 May.
Sinokor is starting a new Thailand Direct Express (TDX) service that connects South China and Thailand. The new service will call at Hong Kong, Shekou, Laem Chabang, Hong Kong on 11-day round trip with the 1,118 teu SENDAI TRADER. SENDAI TRADER will phase in at Hong Kong on 21 April after coming out of drydock. SENDAI TRADER was previously deployed in Sinokor's Pyongtaek Xingang Service (PXS).