The 4 Ocean Alliance partners (CMA CGM, COSC, OOCL and Evergreen) have unveiled their new Day 9 product that will start from April 2025, with the addition of 1 new Asia-North Europe service and 2 new Asia-US West Coast services. Details of the new services as follows * Asia-North Europe Loop 3 (NEU3/AEU3/LL3/NE7) calling at Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Zeebrugge, Felixstowe, Port Klang, Shanghai * Asia-Pacific Southwest PSW11 (SEA3/PSX) callin
Kawa Shipping and Zhejiang Seaport Logistics Group have launched a new China-Europe Express (CEX) service connecting Ningbo, Wilhelmshaven, Ningbo from 29 December 2024. The CEX service will offer a 26 day transit time between China and Germany which is currently the fastest service on this route as it will use the Suez Canal while all the other services are on the Cape route. The maiden sailing started with the 2,496 teu KAWA NINGBO that departed from Ningbo on 30 December and is scheduled to
Transit Line will add the 1,930 teu TRANSIT TAVAYZA to its Far East-Turkey-St Petersburg (FETLED) service from 29 September 2024, joining the 2,472 teu MYD JIMEI that has been deployed on the same service since May 2024. The FETLED service will call at Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Ho Chi Minh City, Colombo, Ambarli, St Petersburg, Shanghai using the 2 ships from Transit Line on an 76-86 day round trip. Port rotation of the FETLED service
CMA CGM has retained the Suez routing for its Asia-Med Phoenician Express (BEX2) service despite escalating tensions in the Middle East over the past week after Israeli forces attacked the port of Hodeidah in Yemen on 20 July in retaliation for the Houthi drone attack that hit Tel Aviv on 19 July 2024. The Phoenician Express (BEX2) calls at Shanghai, Ningbo, Busan, Shekou, Singapore, (Suez Canal), Alexandria, Beirut, Tripoli, Koper, Trieste, Rijeka, Alexandria, Jeddah, Port Klang, Shekou, Shang
MSC will combine its existing Asia-Europe Swan service with its Asia-USWC Sentosa service into a new North Europe-Asia-USWC pendulum service called Swan Sentosa. The Swan Sentosa is scheduled to start from 1 July 2024 and will call at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Hamburg, Gdansk, Gdynia, Klaipeda, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Singapore, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Busan, Qingdao. The new service will turn in 23 weeks and will deploy
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.
Ellerman has resumed Asia-Europe sailings on 21 March 2024, using the newbuilding 1,380 teu BG BLUE calling at Ningbo, Dachan Bay, Casablanca, Tilbury. The initial ad hoc sailing will be supplemented by 2 more sailings on 15 June and 11 July 2024 on the same rotation using the 2,756 teu CAPE HELLAS and 2,464 teu BUXFAVOURITE. Further sailings are likely to be added in August as Ellerman is scheduled to receive 2 new ships of 1,380 teu later this year. The Ellerman brand was revived at the end
Hapag-Lloyd will relaunch its standalone China-Germany Express (CGX) peak season service from 16 June 2024. The revised CGX will take the longer Cape route calling at Yantian, Singapore, Tema, Wilhelmshaven, Antwerp, Yantian with the addition of a new call at Tema in Ghana that will offer relay connections to other West African ports. The new CGX will turn in 12 weeks using up to 12 ships of 2,800 to 9,300 teu, starting at Yantian on 16 June with the 3,398 teu EXPRESS ARGENTINA. Hapag-Lloyd f
The new OCEAN Alliance Day 8 network starting in April 2024 will drop one of the 7 Far East-Europe services that they current operate. The affected service is the Far East North Europe NEU3 service (branded respectively by COSCO/OOCL, CMA CGM and Evergreen as the AEU7/LL3/FAL7/NE7) calling at Xiamen, Nansha, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Zeebrugge, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Port Klang, Singapore, Xiamen with the wayport call at Piraeus omitted since January due to the diversion of the servic