CMA CGM has resumed transits through the Suez Canal barely 10 days after suspending passage on the Red Sea route on 28 February 2026. The Asia-Med Phoenician Express (PHOEX/BEX2) service operated by CMA CGM with ships of 13,00-16,000 teu returned to the Suez on 11 March 2026 on both the eastbound and westbound voyages after just 1 ship was redirected to the Cape of Good Hope due to security situation in the Middle East. CMA CGM also announced the resumption of cargo bookings to the Middle East
CMA CGM and Maersk will raise their Far East-West Africa market coverage by splitting their current West Africa Express (WAX)/Far East-West Africa 3 (FEW3) service into 2 separate services from the end of March 2026, adding around 15,000 teu per week on the route. The first of the new services will be operated by CMA CGM as the West Africa Express 1 (WAX1)/Far East-West Africa 1 (FEW1) calling at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shekou, Nansha, Singapore, Colombo, Abidjan, Lekki, Kribi, Colombo, Cai Mep, Qingd
CMA CGM will launch a new Ocean Rise Express (OCR) service connecting Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, Xiamen, Yantian, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Southampton, Nansha, Kobe from April 2026. The service will be operated by CMA CGM alone without the participation of OCEAN Alliance partners and will turn in 98 days using 14 ships of 7,800 to 9,900 teu starting with the 8,048 teu CMA CGM BYBLOS at Kobe on 2 April 2026. This service aims to fill the gap left by the Premier Alliance's withdrawal of direct calls at J
The OCEAN Alliance NEU4 service that is operated by CMA CGM as the FAL1 will make its return to the Suez route eastbound from 6 April 2026. The move is confirmed in the OCEAN Alliance's DAY 10 product announcement that was announced by CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL and Evergreen on 21 January 2026. CMA CGM had earlier rerouted from the Cape of Good Hope to the Suez on 2 eastbound FAL1 voyages on 5 January and 17 January 2026 before announcing on 20 January 2026 that it will return to the Cape route. Ho
CMA CGM announced on 20 January that it will re-route vessels deployed on their North Europe-Asia FAL 1 and FAL 3 services as well as the Med-Asia MEX service via the Cape of Good Hope. However, even with the withdrawal of the 3 services, CMA CGM will still retain 2 services (Indamex and Phoenician Express) on the Suez route. Unlike the 3 re-routed services that only uses the Suez route on the backhaul eastbound voyages, the 2 retained services uses the Suez on both directions. It is therefore
CMA CGM's intra-Asia carrier CNC has added a new North China Thailand 8 (NT8) calling at Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Hong Kong, Shekou, Laem Chabang, Hong Kong, Nansha, Xingang from 17 January 2026. The NT8 service turns in 4 weeks and will deploy 4 ships of 1,500 to 2,800 teu starting with the 1,528 teu FSL KELANG and followed by the 2,564 teu CMA CGM QUELIMANE, 2,822 teu CNC JAGUAR and CNC LEOPARD.
CMA CGM will take launch a new US East Coast-Oceania KEA service connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Port Chalmers, Tauranga, Manzanillo, Cartagena, Philadelphia, Charleston, Balboa, Tauranga, Sydney from 3 February 2026 through slots on Maersk's Oceania America (OC1) service. The OC1 service turns in 77 days using 11 ships of 3,000 to 3,700 teu operated by Maersk. Hapag-Lloyd and MSC also take slots on this service that are branded respectively as the Australia-New Zealand via Panama (ANP) service a
CMA CGM has added a new South American feeder service branded as the Motagua Express calling at Kingston, Puerto Cortes, Puerto Barrios, Pointe a Pitre, Kingston from 31 December 2025. The service turns in 3 weeks and deploys the 1,740 teu PERITO MORENO, 1,841 teu CMA CGM BALBOA and 1,341 teu LM ARES.
CMA CGM has launched a new Palmyra Shuttle service calling at Beirut, Lattakia, Alexandria/Port Said, Beirut from 22 December 2025 with the 1,208 teu ONUR G. A.
CMA CGM's intra-Asia arm CNC will launch a new China Vietnam Express 8 (CV8) service from 9 January 2026 calling at Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai. The CV8 will turn in 2 weeks using 2 ships of 2,954 teu starting with the AMALFI BAY on 9 January 2026 followed by the SHIMANAMI BAY on 16 January.