Zim has announced the launch of a new Zim Central China Xpress (ZX2) service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Los Angeles, Shanghai from 3 July 2024. The ZX2 will turn in 35 days and will deploy 5 ships of 4,200 teu starting with the 4,239 teu STAMATIS B at Shanghai on 3 July 2024. The service will offer a 13 day transit time between Ningbo and Los Angeles which is comparable to the fastest transpacific services operated by Matson and APL/CMA CGM. Zim has already operated 2 extra loaders on the ZX
MSC will combine its existing Asia-Europe Swan service with its Asia-USWC Sentosa service into a new North Europe-Asia-USWC pendulum service called Swan Sentosa. The Swan Sentosa is scheduled to start from 1 July 2024 and will call at Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Felixstowe, Antwerp, Hamburg, Gdansk, Gdynia, Klaipeda, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Singapore, Laem Chabang, Cai Mep, Busan, Long Beach, Oakland, Busan, Qingdao. The new service will turn in 23 weeks and will deploy
COSCO will replace the existing OCEAN Alliance CPNW/PNW4/PE2/Twin Peaks Express (TWPKS) service calling at Yantian, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Shanghai, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Yantian with a revised rotation that omits the Vancouver call which is shifted to the new China-Pacific Northwest Coast/Vancouver (CPV) service calling at Ningbo, Shanghai, Vancouver, Seattle, Lianyungang, Ningbo starting from 12 June 2024. OOCL, Evergreen and CMA CGM will retain their slots on the 2 services. COSCO will also
MSC will launch a new Mustang service connecting Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Yantian from 14 July 2024. The service will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy 6 ships of 13,000-19,000 teu that was to start with the 16,616 teu MSC LELLA at Yantian on 8 July but the sailing was postponed and replaced by the 13,798 teu MSC BETTINA at Yantian on 14 July. The launch was delayed a second time to 17 July, with the 19,462 teu MSC ELOANE deployed. The Mustang service was first launched by MSC in
COSCO and OOCL will launch a new peak season transpacific service to the Pacific Southwest calling at Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Yantian, Long Beach, Kaohsiung branded as the SEA3 and PSX respectively. The SEA3/PSX will start from 23 June 2024 at Yantian with the 8,533 teu XIN FEI ZHOU. The service will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy 6 ships of 8,000 to 10,000 teu operated exclusively by COSCO and OOCL.
Wan Hai has relaunched the Asia America 1 (AA1) transpacific service from 25 May 2024. The service will have irregular port calls that will provide connections from various Chinese and Taiwan ports including Nansha, Shekou, Xiamen, Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao and Taipei to Long Beach or Los Angeles. The service started with the 3,013 teu WAN HAI 357 with the initial voyage covering Shekou, Xiamen, Los Angeles, Shekou. The Asia loading ports will vary with 2 or 3 load ports per sailing. After the
SeaLead will launch a new America West Coast (AWC) service connecting Nansha, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Nansha from June 2024. The service will operate with 3 ships initially - the 1,809 teu ADAMASTOS scheduled at Nansha on 17 June, the 5,610 teu SUEZ CANAL due at Nansha on 26 June and 1,809 teu ASTRAIOS at Nansha on 1 July. SeaLead started its transpacific operations in August 2021 on the Asia-US West Coast and with a Asia-US East Coast service added in March 2022. These services were op
Maersk will withdraw the Far East-East Coast North America TP20 service with the last sailing from Shanghai on 13 June 2024. The TP20 service was re-launched on 21 April 2024 to call at Qingdao, Shanghai, Yantian, Newark, Baltimore, Houston, Qingdao. It was to turn in 12 weeks using up to 12 ships of 2,500 to 5,000 teu. However, the service will be suspended after making just 8 sailings due to the shortage of ships in the market. The removal of the service will reduce overall FE-ECNA capacity
COSCO and OOCL will launch a PNW peak season transpacific service branded as the China-Pacific Northwest Coast/Vancouver (CPV) service calling at Ningbo, Shanghai, Vancouver, Seattle, Lianyungang, Ningbo starting from 12 June 2024. The CPV service will turn in 42 days using 6 ships of 4,250 teu starting with the 4,253 teu COSCO VENICE at Ningbo. The service will be the first new transpacific service launched for this year’s peak season and will add 1.4% to the current capacity deployed on the F
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