Arkas and Turkon have jointly launched a new Red Sea 1 (RS1)/Turkiye Red Sea Express (TRE) service connecting Ambarli, Izmit, Aliaga, Jeddah, Aqaba, Ambarli from 15 June 2024. The RS1/TRE will operate weekly, turning in 14 days and deploys the 1,878 teu TURKON ISTANBUL from Turkon and 1,604 teu WANDA A from Arkas.
SITC has launched at new Vietnam Thailand Express 6 (VTX6) service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Sihanoukville, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Nansha, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Shanghai The VTX6 will turn in 28 days and deploys 4 ships of 1,000 teu starting with the 1,043 teu SITC HOCHIMINH at Shanghai on 11 June 2024.
COSCO will replace the existing OCEAN Alliance CPNW/PNW4/PE2/Twin Peaks Express (TWPKS) service calling at Yantian, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Yantian with a revised rotation that omits the Vancouver call which is shifted to the new China-Pacific Northwest Coast/Vancouver (CPV) service calling at Ningbo, Shanghai, Vancouver, Seattle, Lianyungang, Ningbo starting from 12 June 2024. OOCL, Evergreen and CMA CGM will retain their slots on the 2 services. COSCO will also
CMA CGM will launch a new India East Coast Express 2 (IEX2) service calling at Singapore, Chennai, Colombo, Singapore from 27 June 2024. The service will turn in 14 days using the 1,738 teu HANSA HOMBURG on a fortnightly frequency.
MSC will launch a new Carioca service connecting Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro, Paranagua, Itapoa, Santos, Itaguai, Colombo, Singapore, Busan from 19 July 2024. The FE-ECSA service will turn in 13 weeks starting with the 7,847 teu MSC YOKOHAMA.
MSC will launch a new Mustang service connecting Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Yantian from 14 July 2024. The service will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy 6 ships of 13,000-19,000 teu that was to start with the 16,616 teu MSC LELLA at Yantian on 8 July but the sailing was postponed and replaced by the 13,798 teu MSC BETTINA at Yantian on 14 July. The launch was delayed a second time to 17 July, with the 19,462 teu MSC ELOANE deployed. The Mustang service was first launched by MSC in
CMA CGM will launch a new French Peak Service that will provide 4 sailings between Asia and North Europe from 30 June 2024 and 3 sailings from Asia to the Mediterranean from 14 July 2024. The North Europe loop of the peak season service will call at Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Le Havre, Antwerp, Yantian starting with the 6,350 teu APL OREGON at Yantian from 30 June 2024 on a 77 day round trip rotation with 4 sailings planned initially, but subsequently reduced to just 2 loaders. The Med loo
MSC will launch a new Asia-North Europe Britannia service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Cai Mep, Liverpool, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, London Gateway, Singapore, Shanghai from 1 July 2024. The Britannia service will turn in 13 weeks and will deploy up to 13 ships of 7,000-12,000 teu starting with the 9,640 teu MSC DENISSE X. It will be the only Asia-Europe service to have a direct call at Liverpool. The addition of this new service will add 3% to the Asia-North Europe route.
Register Free Trial [https://www.linerlytica.com/register/?utm_source=W202424] Several new long haul services have been launched in June, including the notable return of SeaLead to the US and BAL to Mexico that followed Ellerman’s return on the Asia-Europe route last month. COSCO and Hapag-Lloyd have also been actively adding new services on the transpacific and Asia-Europe routes. Market sentiment is clearly rising, as seen by the IPO filing by TS Lines while Maersk’s revision of its full year
COSCO and OOCL will launch a new peak season transpacific service to the Pacific Southwest calling at Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Yantian, Long Beach, Kaohsiung branded as the SEA3 and PSX respectively. The SEA3/PSX will start from 23 June 2024 at Yantian with the 8,533 teu XIN FEI ZHOU. The service will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy 6 ships of 8,000 to 10,000 teu operated exclusively by COSCO and OOCL.