Services/Sailings

PIL will launch a new Thailand China Vietnam (TCV) service calling at Laem Chabang, Qinzhou, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Laem Chabang. The service will start from 3 June from Laem Chabang with the 777 teu KOTA RATNA. The service will turn in 2 weeks, with sailings provided every fortnight. A second ship is expected to be added later with the frequency to be upgraded to weekly.

Jin Jiang Shipping (JJS) and SITC will launch a new service connecting Shanghai, Nansha, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai using 3 ships of 1,600 teu. The service will start on 1 Jun from Shanghai with the 1,608 teu HE JIN from Jin Jiang Shipping and is branded as the China Thailand Express 2 (CTX2) by JJS and Vietnam Thailand Express 5 (VTX5) by SITC.

CMA CGM will relaunch its Indian Ocean Feeder 3 (IO Feeder 3) service that connects Pointe des Galets, Port Louis, Tamatave, Pointe des Galets, Longoni, Pointe des Galets on a fortnightly basis, linking the 3 Indian Ocean nations of Mauritius and Madagascar with the French overseas department of Reunion. The service started on 22 May 2022 with the 673 teu general cargo vessel APALOS that was recently chartered by CMA CGM. This ship was previously trading in the tramp market. CMA CGM's Indian

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and ONE will cooperate on the US West Coast-Central America route through a joint service arrangement on 2 existing services starting from the end of June 2022. Maersk, through its Sealand subsidiary, will join the MAREX/CCE service currently operated by Hapag-Lloyd and ONE, replacing one of the 2,800 teu ships from ONE, with the 3 partners to operate one ship each on the service that calls at Los Angeles, Mazatlan, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Acajutla, Corinto, Caldera, Pu

X-Press Feeders is launching Ireland-Baltic X-Press (IBX) service with Motivation D's call at Rotterdam on 9th June.

X-Press Feeders is launching a new Baltic service called Benelux Baltic X-Press service (BBX 2), starting with Atlantis A's call at Rotterdam on 28 May.

THE Alliance carriers will reinstate the Savannah call on the Far East-USEC EC2 service from 19 May with the first vessel arrival expected at Savannah on 5 July 2022. The carriers have already made 2 ad hoc calls at Savannah on the EC2 in May.

Neptune Pacific Direct Line (NPDL) is launching a USEC Fiji direct service with 1 ship on 60-70 days transit time starting with Capitaine Baret calling Philadelphia on May 19 .

BAL has added a second service connecting China and Vietnam with the launch of the China Vietnam Express (CVX) in April. The service deploys 2 ships of 1,000-1,200 teu and connects Taicang, Ningbo, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Taicang. The first sailing was made by the 1,042 teu XIN MING ZHOU 18 on 12 April 2022 and followed by the 1,179 teu BAOHANG on 19 April. The new weekly service adds to BAL's South China-Vietnam Express (SVX) service that was launched in December 2021 and connects Nansha,

his new Mediterranean, Caribbean, Central America, West Coast South America Express (MSW) service will run in rotation, Valencia – Livorno – Genoa – Barcelona – Caucedo – Cartagena – Paita – Posorja – Buenaventura – Puerto Limon (Moin) – Cartagena – Tangier – Malaga – Valencia with 7 ships