Evergreen will launch a new Vietnam Thailand Malaysia service (VTS) calling at Shekou, Nansha, Sihanoukville, Laem Chabang, Singapore, Batam, Port Klang Westport, Shekou from 18 April 2025. The service will turn in 3 weeks and will initially operated with 2 ships of 1,800-1,900 teu, EVER CORE and EVER CHARM, with 1 blank sailing in each 3 week cycle. It will feature a direct connection from South China, Cambodia and Thailand to Batam, with Evergreen and SITC the only carriers to provide regular
SITC has introduced a new China-Philippines Express 4 (CPX4) service connecting Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Subic Bay, Manila South, Shanghai, Osaka from 18 March 2025. The CPX4 will turn in 21 days and deploys 3 ships of 1,000 teu starting with the freshly delivered 1,023 teu SITC TONGHE at Osaka on 18 March 2025, followed by the 1,049 teu HF LUCKY and ASIATIC PRIDE.
TS Lines have restarted the Japan-Hong Kong-Taiwan (JHTN) service calling at Hong Kong, Shekou, Xiamen, Osaka, Kobe, Busan, Kwangyang, Keelung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong from 19 February 2025. The service retakes the JHTN name that was formerly used for the Japan-Hong Kong-Thailand-North Manila service. The revised JHTN will turn in 2 weeks and deploys the 1,182 teu TS MAWEI and 1,081 teu TS SHENZHEN. TS Lines has also restarted its Hong Kong-Thai Express Service (JHTS) calling at Nansha, Shekou, Ho
Hai An will launch a new Vietnam China Express (VCX) service connecting Ho Chi Minh City, Haiphong, Nansha, Hong Kong, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City from 16 April 2025. The service will turn in 14 days and will deploy the 1,781 teu HAIAN ALFA and HAIAN BETA, with ONE taking slots on the service.
Interasia Lines (IAL), TS Lines (TSL) and Yang Ming (YM) will launch a new Japan-Taiwan-South China-Vietnam service calling at Osaka, Kobe, Keelung, Kaohsiung, Nansha, Shekou, Haiphong, Hong Kong, Shekou, Osaka from 17 March 2025. The service will be branded as the Japan-Haiphong Service (JHS) by IAL, Japan-Taiwan-Hong Kong 3 (JTK3) by TSL and Japan Kansai Express (JKX) by Yang Ming, turning in 3 weeks using the 1,708 teu INTERASIA FORWARD, 1,909 teu TS GUANGZHOU and 1,803 teu YM INAUGURATION.
Maersk will launch a new Safina service connecting Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Salalah, Duqm, Jebel Ali, Colombo, Singapore from 23 February 2025, replacing its existing Safina that it operates jointly with X-Press Feeders as the China Jebel Ali X-Press (CJX). The existing Safina/CJX calls at Shanghai, Ningbo and Shekou will be removed while new calls at Salalah and Duqm are added. The revised service will turn in 5 weeks using ships of 2,000-3,000 teu.
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will roll out 4 new intra-Asia feeder services from February 2025 in conjunction with the launch of the new Gemini Cooperation network, with the following rotation details: * Taiwan Express (TWX) calling at Taichung, Kaohsiung, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Taichung. The service will turn in 14 days using 2 ships of 2,400-2,700 teu starting with the 2,702 teu GABRIELA A at Taichung on 6 February 2025 followed by the 2,433 teu CUL QINGDAO. * China Philippines Feeder (CPF)
MSC has restarted the Sunrise service connecting Busan, Vostochny, Busan from 6 January 2025 deploying the 1,121 teu MSC KANU F and 1,118 teu MSC FORTUNE F. The service will replace the previous call at Vostochny on the Golden Horn service that has been dropped. The revised Golden Horn service calls at Shanghai, Ningbo, Rizhao, Vladivostok, Busan, Shanghai from January 2025.
SITC has revised the rotation of the China Vietnam Malaysia 2 (CVM2) service from December 2024 to call at Nansha, Chiwan, Xiamen, Kota Kinabalu, Bintulu, Ho Chi Minh City, Nansha. The previous northbound calls at Qinzhou and Haiphong are removed and replaced by a new call at Ho Chi Minh City from 16 December 2024. The CVM2 will retain a 21 day turnaround using 3 ships of 1,000 teu.
Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new Vietnam Cambodia (VCS) service connecting Sihanoukville, Cai Mep, Haiphong, Yantian, Shekou, Sihanoukville from 18 January 2025. The service will turn in 14 days using 2 newbuildings of 1,930 teu that Hapag-Lloyd has taken on 2 year charters from Reederei Nord starting with the NORDATLANTIC at Sihanoukville on 18 January 2025 followed by the NORDBALTIC on 25 January 2025.