Medkon has launched a new Beirut Express Service (BEX) connecting Damietta, Beirut, Mersin/Iskenderun, Damietta. The service is operated with the 381 teu T-MOON since October 2024 and will be replaced in January 2025 with the 353 teu MEDKON KRM.
Messina Line has launched a new Tunisia Line container service connecting Genoa, Tunis (Rades), Genoa with the newly chartered 700 teu EMILIA from 28 October 2024. The service will turn in 7 days and will complement Messina's existing roro services between Italy and Tunisia.
Unimed Feeder Services (UFS), Unifeeder's Mediterranean feeder arm, has launched a new Algeria Shuttle service connecting Piraeus, Algiers, Piraeus from 17 October 2024 with the 1,122 teu TITAN.
Global Feeder Shipping (GFS) and SeaLead have launched a new Spain Turkiye Morocco (STM) service connecting Ambarli, Gebze, Aliaga, Barcelona, Valencia, Algeciras, Casablanca, Tanger, Valencia, Barcelona, Ambarli. The service will turn in 3 weeks and deploys 3 ships of 1,100 to 1,400 teu starting with the 1,440 teu GFS SAPPHIRE at Ambarli on 20 September 2024, followed by the 1,440 teu CAPE FULMAR and 1,134 teu SSF LILY. Port rotation of the new STM service
SeaLead has launched a new Mediterranean Express Service (MES) connecting Turkey and Libya from 4 September 2024. The MES service calls at Ambarli, Izmit, Aliaga, Misurata, Benghazi, Ambarli and turns in 2 weeks using the 1,134 teu MEDKON PERLA and 1,723 teu GREEN HOPE.
COSCO's intra-European feeder operator Diamond Line has launched a new Piraeus-Algiers-El Dekheila (PAE) service in cooperation with Tarros from 28 June 2024 The PAE calls at Piraeus, Algiers, Alexandria, Piraeus, turning in 14 days using 2 ships of 900 teu, with each partner operating 1 ship each. The service was launched on 28 June 2024 from Alexandria with the 925 teu CONTSHIP IVY from COSCO and was followed by the 990 teu BF TROUT from Tarros on 5 July 2024.
Unifeeder has launched a new Egypt-Aegean feeder service connecting Port Said East, Thessaloniki, Izmit, Port Said East from 27 July 2024. The weekly service will turn in 14 days and deploys the 1,118 teu ATLANTIC EXPRESS and 990 teu BF PERCH.
COSCO has relaunched the Piraeus Rijeka Express service (PRS) calling at Piraeus, Rijeka, Durres, Piraeus with the 1,924 teu DELPHIS GDANSK from 27 July 2024. The service will turn in around 10 days on an irregular rolling schedule due to the current congestion at Piraeus. COSCO first launched the PRS in July 2019 as a direct Piraeus-Rijeka feeder but the service was discontinued in 2020.
Diamond Line, the intra-European feeder arm of COSCO Shipping, has launched a new Piraeus-Constnata Express (PCE) service connecting Piraeus, Constantza, Piraeus from 12 June 2024. The PCE service in 7 days and deployed the 1,432 teu CONTSHIP SEA for the maiden voyage from Piraeus on 12 June before being replaced by the CONTSHIP RUN from 19 June. Piraeus-Constanta Express (PCE)
CMA CGM will launch a new EMED1 service connecting Antalya, Alexandria, Beirut, Antalya from 10 July 2024 with the 1,118 teu WILHELMINE. The weekly servce will turn in 7 days.