Regional Container Lines (RCL) will launch a new RCL Vietnam Philippines (RVP) service connecting Ho Chi Minh City, Ilo Ilo, Ho Chi Minh City from 25 October 2024 with the geared 628 teu ORA BHUM. The service will operate on a rolling 9-10 day round trip rotation.
Regional Container Line (RCL) and Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) have launched a new RCL West India-Gulf (RWG) service connecting Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Jebel Ali, Umm Qasr, Mundra. The RWG service will turn in 21 days and will deploy 3 ships of 2,500-2,700 teu starting with the 2,588 teu VIRA BHUM at Mundra on 16 October 2024, followed by the 2,702 teu INTERSEA TRAVELER. Port rotation of the new RCL West India-Gulf (RWG) service
Regional Container Lines (RCL) and TS Lines (TSL) will launch a new South China-Thailand service calling at Nansha, Shekou, Laem Chabang, Bangkok (PAT and Sahathai), Nansha from 22 October 2024. The service will be branded by RCL as the RCL Bangkok-South China (RBS) and will turn in 2 weeks using the 1,707 PIYA BHUM and a second ship from TSL with the service name still to be announced.
The FAX/IEA/EAX/REA/FAS service, currently operated by Emirates Shipping Line (ESL), Global Feeder Shipping (GFS), Interasia Lines (IAL), KMTC, Regional Container Lines (RCL) and TS Lines (TSL) will be upgraded from October 2024 with a second loop added with Evergreen joining the group as a vessel operator. The existing FAX/IEA/EAX/REA/FAS/AEF2 service calls at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Klang, Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Port Klang, Qingdao using 7 ships of 2,500-2,800 teu with 1 skip
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),
RCL will join CNC and ONE as vessel operator on the China-Indonesia Malaysia (CS2/CIM) service that it brands as the RCL South China-Indonesia (RCI) from 30 December 2023. The service connects Hong Kong, Shekou, Nansha, Surabaya, Semarang, Jakarta, Port Klang, Hong Kong and turns in 3 weeks with 3 ships of 2,500-2,600 teu. RCL will deploy the 2,598 teu URU BHUM at Hong Kong on 30 December 2023 joining the 2,478 teu APL PUSAN from CNC and 2,664 teu NYK DANIELLA from ONE.
The new China-East Africa service jointly operated by ESL, GFS, IAL, KMTC, RCL and TSL will start from 6 November 2023 calling at Qingao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Klang, Mombasa, Dar Es Salaam, Port Klang, Qingdao on a 56 day rotation using up to 8 ships of 2,400-3,000 teu. The ships initially deployed will be the 2,786 teu CUL MANILA operated by Emirates Shipping (ESL), 2,954 teu TS CHENNAI from TSL, 2,732 teu RACHA BHUM from RCL, 2,755 teu SM KAVERI from GFS, ESL ENDEAVOUR from ESL and
ESL, GFS, IAL, KMTC, RCL and TSL will jointly launch a new China-East Africa service starting from November 2023. The service will call at Qingao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Port Klang, Mombasa, Dar Es Salaam, Port Klang, Qingdao on a 56 day rotation using up to 8 ships of 2,400-3,000 teu. The service will be branded as the RCL East Africa (REA) service by RCL while the other partners to the service have not yet announced their assigned service names.
The Vietnam Gulf India/RCL Gulf Asean/Vietnam Gulf Express/Saigon Gulf Service (VGI/RGA/VGX/SGS) service jointly operated by ESL, KMTC, RCL, CU Lines and Global Feeder Shipping will be upgraded from the 2,500 teu scale to 5,500 teu starting from September 2023, with CMA CGM joining as the 6th partner in the service who brands it as the Vietnam Gulf India (VGI) service. The service was first launched in January 2022 using up to 5 ships of 2,000-2,700 teu and called initially at Ho Chi Minh City,