Services/Sailings

MSC has launched 2 adhoc services linking linking Australia to Southeast Asia hub ports to cater to cargo overflows since December. The KANGAROO service links Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas to Melbourne, Sydney and BRISBANE on irregular rotations using ships of 1,100 to 5,000 teu. The KOALA service is a new service that connects Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas to Fremantle, with ad hoc calls at Jakarta also added on an irregular basis. The 2,602 teu BOMAR RESILIENT is currently deployed on this se

Zim has added a third ship on the trans-Tasmanian service that will provide relay connections between Melbourne and Sydney to various ports in New Zealand. The new service is named as Third Loop New Zealand to Australia (N3A) and calls at Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Lyttelton, Napier, Melbourne. It will deploy the 1,118 teu CONTSHIP ONO with the first sailing from Melbourne on 26 January 2022 with one sailing every 3 weeks. The service will complement the 2 ships on its New Zealand to Australi

COSCO, Evergreen and X-Press Feeders will enhance their jointly operated Mexico Central America X-Press (MCX)/Latin America Express (LAE) service rotation effective mid-January 2022. 3 additional ports (Lazaro Cardenas, Puerto Quetzal, Corinto) are added, with the new rotation calling at Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Puerto Quetzal, Ajacutla, Corinto, San Lorenzo, Puerto Quetzal, Lazaro Cardenas. The service will continue to deploy 3 ships of 1,500-1,800 teu, with each carrier contribution one

X-Press Feeders have launched a new Germany Sweden X-Press (GSX) service on 18 January 2022 with the 509 teu ANNA G. The service calls at Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Sodertalje, Ahus, Bremerhaven on a weekly basis. Apart from regular feeder volumes to and from Sweden, the service will also cater for cross positioning of empty containers from Sodertalje to Ahus.

The Ocean Alliance partners – CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL and Evergreen – have unveiled their revised service offering for the 2022-2023 season starting from April 2022, dubbed as the ‘Day 6 Product’ marking their 6th year of cooperation since the alliance was introduced in April 2017. This year, the 4 carriers will jointly provide 352 ships covering 42 services comprising of: * 23 Transpacific services * 2 Transatlantic services * 7 Asia-North Europe services * 4 Asia-Mediterranean services * 6

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The newly established Indonesian carrier Kaiso Line has launched a direct Indonesia to the Indian subcontinent and Middle East with the launch of its new Kaiso Persian Gulf (KPG) service.  The service was first launched on 25 November 2021 with the 724 teu ATLANTIC PIONEER. The KPG service calls at Jakarta, Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Karachi, Jebel Ali, Dammam, Mundra, Jakarta on a monthly interval. Kaiso Line says that more ships will be added to in 2022 to upgrade the service to a weekly frequency

X-Press Feeders and Transworld Feeders have added a new call at Pipavav on the Nhava Sheva Mundra Gulf X-Press (NMG) service. The new NMG rotation will call Jebel Ali, Sohar, Pipavav, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jebel Ali. The first Pipavav was made on 5 January 2022 by the 2,764 teu TSS SHAMS, with the second vessel the 2,826 teu X-PRESS EUPHRATES to make the next call on 13 January 2022. The NMG rotation before the addition of the new Pipavav call in Jan 2022

Zim/Gold Star Line will launch a 3rd service connecting China and Australia in March 2022, dubbed North China Australia Express (C3A). It follows the China Australia Express (CAX) launched in October 2020 and the China-Australia 2nd Express (C2A) in December 2020. The CAX serves Haiphong, Xiamen, Ningbo and Shanghai while the C2A is serves Port Klang, Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City, Nansha and Yantian. Both of these services connect to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane The C3A will add direct con

The new China-USWC service branded as SEAX by COSCO and Pacific China South Express (PCSX) by OOCL will be the largest independent transpacific service operated outside of the 3 Alliances' network. The service calls at Shanghai, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Yantian, Long Beach, Shanghai using 6 ships of 10,000 to 14,600 teu. The first sailing was made on 20 November. At Long Beach, the service will call at LBCT where it will not face the long queues that other carriers are facing at San Pedro Bay ports. CO