Services/Sailings

All of the containership services that were diverted from the Panama Canal since November 2023 have returned to their regular Panama transits as of May 2024. These services were forced to switch to the longer route initially through the Suez Canal and then to the Cape of Good Hope after the Red Sea crisis escalated at the end of 2023. With the increase in the number of neo-panamax transit slots at the Panama Canal from May, carriers are bringing back all of these services to Panama which would

Jin Jiang Shipping and Zhonggu have launched a new China Vietnam Thailand (CVT) service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Ho Chi Minh City, Laem Chabang, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Shekou, Shanghai from 30 April 2024. The CVT service will turn in 3 weeks and will deploy 3 ships of 1,800 teu starting with the 1,868 teu newbuilding MILD JASMINE from Jin Jiang at Shanghai on 30 April 2024, and followed by the 1,912 teu ZHONG GU HUANG HAI and ZHONG GU NAN HAI.

MSC has removed its FE-USEC connections on the Santana service with calls at New York omitted from April 2024. The last New York call on the service was made by the 15,264 teu MSC MARTINA MARIA on 29 March 2024 with subsequent sailings on the Santana shortened to a revised Far East-Mexico-Panama-Dominican Republic service calling at Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Manzanillo (Mexico), Cristobal, Colon (Coco Solo), Caucedo, Yantian. The revised Santana turns in 11 weeks using up to 11 ships

MSC will launch a new Asia-Mexico West Coast (Mexicas) service calling at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Manzanillo (Mex), Lazaro Cardenas, Qingdao from 15 May 2024. The Mexicas service will turn in 6 to 7 weeks and will deploy ships of 4,000-7,000 teu starting with the 6,492 teu MSC APOLLO at Qingdao on 15 May 2024. MSC Asia-Mexico West Coast (Mexicas) service

HMM and SM Line will exchange slots on the transpacific PSX and CPX services starting from June 2024. The 2 South Korean carriers swap 300 teu each week on each service and the agreement will expire on 30 April 2025 with no automatic renewals. The PSX service calls at Shanghai, Kwangyang, Busan, Los Angeles, Oakland, Busan, Kwangyang, Incheon, Shanghai and is operated by HMM using 7 ships of 8,500 to 10,000 teu with an upgrade to 13,700 teu ships planned later this year. ONE, Hapag-Lloyd and Ya

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

CMA CGM will launch a new M2X Mexico Express service calling at Xingang, Qingdao, Busan, Ensenada, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Yokohama, Busan, Xingang from 11 May 2024. The M2X will turn in 56 days using 8 ships of 4,200 teu starting from 11 May 2024 with the 4,253 teu ANL WANGARATTA at Busan. The service will compete directly with COSCO/OOCL's newly launched WSA5/TLP5 service that will start on 6 May 2024 calling at Busan, Dalian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Ensenada, Manzanillo, Ensenanda,

CMA CGM will launch a new Karibu Express service connecting Jebel Ali, Mombasa, Longoni, Pointe Des Galets, Mombasa, Mogadishu, Jebel Ali. The service will turn in 42 days using 6 ships of 1,570 to 1,850 teu starting with the 1,853 teu CMA CGM KAILAS at Jebel Ali on 12 May 2024. Port rotation of the CMA CGM Karibu service

Unifeeder, China United Lines (CUL), Milaha and Sinokor will jointly launch a new China-Middle East Gulf Express (CGE/CGX/MGX/SGX1) service from May 2024 calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Jebel Ali, Shanghai. The CGE/CGX/MGX/SGX1 will turn in 35 days and deploys 5 ships of 2,400-3,000 teu starting from 20 May 2024. Unifeeder will operate 2 ships (the 3,006 teu CELCIUS ESSEN and CELSIUS EINDHOVEN), while CUL, Milaha and Sinokor will operate one ship each (the 2,518 teu ZHONG GU YING KOU, 2,8

X-Press Feeders have launched a new Tyrrhenian X-Press (TYX) service from 27 April 2024 calling at Algeciras, Tangier, Vado Ligure, Civitavecchia, Salerno, Napoli, Algeciras. The service turns in 14 days using 2 ships of 1,809 teu, the ADRASTOS and GREEN POLE.