CMA CGM will launch a new India Gulf Red Sea Express (BIGEX2) service connecting Jebel Ali, Djibouti, Aden, Colombo, Mangalore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jebel Ali from June 2024. The new service will turn in 28 days and deploys 4 ships of 1,700 to 3,000 teu starting with the 1,713 teu CMA CGM SAIGON at Jebel Ali on 8 June 2024, followed by the 3,013 teu WADI ALRAYAN, 2,078 teu LOBIVIA and 1,714 teu ST. JOHN. The BIGEX2 will replace the existing Mona Express 2 that will be discontinued from 8 June
ONE will withdraw from the 2 India-North America Indamex services that is marketed as the India-East Coast Express (IEX) and India-East Coast Express 2 (IE2). Its last westbound sailings will be at Port Qasim on 24 May 2024 on IEX and 20 May 2024 on the IEX2. ONE will withdraw the 10,010 teu SEAPSAN BEACON from the IEX on 13 July 2024 that operates alongside 9 other ships operated by the Indamex partners CMA CGM, COSCO and Hapag-Lloyd that calls at Port Qasim, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, New York, Nor
Evergreen, IAL, Jinjiang Shipping. PIL, RCL will jointly launch a new China-India service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Singapore, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Port Klang, Singapore, Shanghai from 30 May 2024. The service will replace the existing service operated by IAL, Jinjiang, PIL and RCL that is branded as the China-Saigon-India / China Vietnam India / RCL Far East Madras 2 (CSI / CVI / RFM2). The revised service will omit the existing southbound and northbound calls at Ho Chi Minh Cit
6 carriers are teaming up to expand their current Vietnam/Thailand-India-Middle East Gulf service into an extended butterfly service that will offer 2 separate loops connecting the following ports: * Loop 1 : Laem Chabang, Singapore, Port Klang, Nhava Sheva, Jebel Ali, Dammam, Nhava Sheva, Port Klang, Cai Mep * Loop 2 : Cai Mep, Jakarta, Port Klang, Mundra, Jebel Ali, Dammam, Mundra, Port Klang, Laem Chabang 6 carriers (CMA CGM, China United Lines (CUL), Emirates Shipping Line (ESL),
COSCO has reached an agreement with ONE to purchase slots on the West India North America Express (WIN) service from 16 May 2024. COSCO will market the service as the India East Coast Express 2 (IPE2) and joins HMM as slot buyer on the new service that it markets as the India America Express (IAX), with each carrier taking 500 teu and 1,700 teu respectively per week, including 5o and 170 reefer slots each. ONE launched the service on 9 May 2024 on an extended routing through the Cape of Good
Maersk has extended the India-Med ME2 service to an extended India-Med-North Europe service from 18 April 2024 with the addition of 3 ports in North Europe. The extended ME2 service will call at Jebel Ali, Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Tanger Med, Algeciras, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, Tanger Med, Salalah, Jebel Ali. The revised ME2 will turn in 11 weeks instead of 9 weeks currently using 11 ships of 6,000 teu to 10,000 teu. The service has diverted from the Suez Canal since December 2023 and wi
Wan Hai, Interasia Lines (IAL) and KMTC will jointly launch a new Southeast Asia-India VIII (SI8)/Asia-Indian Subcontinent 5 (AIS5) service from 26 April 2024 to connect Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore, Port Klang(N), Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Port Klang(N), Jakarta. The SI8/AIS5 service will turn in 28 days using 4 ships of 2,700 teu on a weekly frequency, with Wan Hai contributing the 2,702 teu NAJADE and 2,741 teu WAN HAI 309, alongside the 2.556 teu KMTC YOKOHAMA and a yet to be named ship from IAL
ONE will proceed with the launch of the new West India North America Express (WIN) service on 9 May 2024 on an extended routing through the Cape of Good Hope with changes to the original rotation first announced in January 2024. The revised WIN service will call at Port Qasim, Hazira, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, New York, Savannah, Jacksonville, Charleston, Norfolk, Port Qasim, with the calls at Damietta (westbound and eastbound), Algeciras (westbound) and Jeddah (eastbound) omitted due to the divers
SeaLead will launch a new Far East India Express 2 (FIX2) service from 2 March 2024 connecting Ningbo, Xiamen, Shekou, Mundra, Port Klang, Ningbo. The service will turn in 5 weeks using 5 ships of 1,800-2,000 teu starting with the 1,930 teu BALTRUM, to be followed by 3 ships of 1,809 teu - ADAMASTOS, AVIOS, ASTRAIOS, with a 5th ship still to be named. The FIX2 service to the India West Coast will complement SeaLead's existing FIX1 service to the India East Coast calling at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ni
SeaLead will join Blue Water Lines on the Gulf India Express (GIX) service calling at Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Sohar, Jebel Ali, Dammam, Mundra from 22 February 2024. The GIX was first launched in November 2023 by Blue Water Lines, owned by India's Abrao Group, using the 1,662 teu ABRAO COCHIN on a fortnightly frequency calling at Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Sohar, Dammam, Khalifa bin Salman, Jebel Ali, Mundra. The GIX will be upgraded to a weekly service with SeaLead adding the 1,560 teu TAICHUNG from 2