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Arkas and Turkon will launch a new service branded respectively as the India Med Service (IMS) and Turkiye-Red Sea-India (TRI) service connecting Ambarli, Evyap, Aliaga, Mersin, Aqaba, Jeddah, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jeddah, Aqaba, Alexandria, Ambarli from 2 February 2025. The IMS/TRI service will turn in 40 days using 4 ships of 2,400 to 2,800 teu - the 2,474 teu MARTHA A, 2,702 teu GISELE A, 2,478 teu VIVIEN A and 2,846 teu TURKON EGYPT. A 5th ship is expected to join in June 2025, with the freq
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.
MSC will revise the port rotation of its NWC to South Africa service from 20 January 2025 to call at London Gateway, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Sines, Las Palmas, Walvis Bay, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Cape Town, Las Palmas, London Gateway. The revision will involve the at Walvis Bay to provide direct connections between Europe and Namibia. The NWC to South Africa service turns in 10 weeks and deploys 10 ships of 5,000 to 12,000 teu. MSC will also add a new Namibia Express service
SeaLead has updated the port rotation on its Far East Asia-Middle East (FAM) service to call at Qingdao, Xingang, Dalian, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Khor Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Hamad, Khor Fakkan, Nansha, Qingdao. A new call at Hamad has been added from 13 December 2024, replacing the previous call at Sohar.
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.
TS Lines has revised the port rotation of its self-operated Asia West Coast 2 (AWC2) service from October 2024 to call at Xiamen, Nansha, Shekou, Yantian, Los Angeles, Xiamen. The revised AWC2 replaces the previous AWC2 rotation that called irregularly at Nansha, Xiamen, Los Angeles, Nansha with ad hoc calls at Hong Kong, Kaohsiung and Busan. The service currently deploys 4 ships of 1,700 teu on a 42 day rotation with 2 skipped sailings in the cycle.
Kawa Shipping and Zhejiang Seaport Logistics Group have launched a new China-Europe Express (CEX) service connecting Ningbo, Wilhelmshaven, Ningbo from 29 December 2024. The CEX service will offer a 26 day transit time between China and Germany which is currently the fastest service on this route as it will use the Suez Canal while all the other services are on the Cape route. The maiden sailing started with the 2,496 teu KAWA NINGBO that departed from Ningbo on 30 December and is scheduled to
CMA CGM will add a new Odessa Express (ODX) service connecting Piraeus, Odeassa, Ambarli, Piraeus from 24 January 2025. The ODX service turn in 14 days and will deploy 2 ships of 1,100-1,500 teu starting with the 1,118 teu LILA CANADA at Piraeus on 24 January followed by the 1,550 teu TJ ORHAN on 31 January.
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.
Folk Maritime has upgraded the India Gulf Service (IGS) connecting Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Dammam, Umm Qasr, Nhava Sheva from December 2024 to a regular weekly service. The service was first launched in 23 October 2024 with the 1,809 teu ASTERIOS on a 14-18 day frequency. The service has been upgraded to a weekly frequency with a second ship, the 1,930 teu BORKUM, joining the service at Nhava Sheva from 16 December 2024.