Unifeeder has started a new coastal service that will connect Jebel Ali with other UAE ports Ajman, Mina Saqr and Sharjah using modified multi-carrying vessels (MCVs) from fellow DP World subsidiary P&O Maritime Logistics. The 210 teu TOPAZ ISHIM sailed from Jebel Ali to Ajman on 7 October 2022. The service will operate 2-3 calls per week, with a focus on providing relay connections at Jebel Ali between the UAE to the wider Middle East, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent and Far East.
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