Container shipping companies adjust their services in response to market dynamics and operational hurdles. Stay informed of upcoming changes with Kuehne+Nagel's carrier service update, published bi-weekly on Sea News and seaexplorer.
New & updated services
Asia↔Mediterranean/Black Sea
Maersk to revise the port rotation of its AE12 service. The change shifts Colombo from the AE15 to the AE12 service, linking the Adriatic ports of Koper and Rijeka with Sri Lanka, as well as South India and Bangladesh via Colombo.
- Carrier service name: AE12
- Port rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai – Tanjung Pelepas – Suez Canal – Port Said East – Koper – Rijeka – Port Said East – Suez Canal – Colombo – Singapore
- First sailing: 12 Jan 2026
HMM to revise the routing of its MD1 (Mediterranean 1) service. The service will resume transit via the Red Sea and Suez Canal, with the revised routing intended to improve transit times between Asia and the Mediterranean.
- Carrier service name: MD1
- Port rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai – Shekou – Singapore – Sokhna – Suez – Damietta – Istanbul – Izmit – Mersin – Damietta – Suez – Singapore – Kaohsiung
- First sailing: 10 Nov 2026
HMM to revise the routing of its MP2 (Mediterranean Pendulum 2) service. The service will likewise resume transit via the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
- Carrier service name: MP2
- Port rotation: Qingdao – Busan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Kaohsiung – Shekou – Singapore – Suez – Piraeus – Valencia – Barcelona – Genoa – La Spezia – Fos – Suez – Singapore – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Yantian – Busan
- First sailing: 18 Nov 2026
Gemini Cooperation to launch Asia-Mediterranean service SE5. The new service will deploy 9 vessels with an average capacity between 10,000 and 14,000 TEU.
- Carrier service name: SE5
- Port rotation: Shanghai - Xiamen - Tanjung Pelepas - Algeciras - Tanger Med - Algeciras - Xiamen - Shanghai
- First sailing: 21 Nov 2026
Asia↔Middle East
Gemini Cooperation re-launched the Asia-Middle East service - FM1. The service is being re-launched after having been suspended since early 2026. It deploys eight vessels with an average vessel capacity of 13,500 TEU.
- Carrier service name: FM1
- Port rotation: Qingdao - Ningbo - Tanjung Pelepas - Khor Fakkan - Singapore - Qingdao
- First sailing: 17 Oct 2026
Asia↔North America
Premier Alliance to revise the port rotation of Transpacific service - PN3. The service adds a port call at Ningbo. It deploys seven vessels with an average vessel capacity of 7,200 TEU.
- Carrier service name: PN3
- Port rotation: Qingdao - Ningbo - Shanghai - Busan - Vancouver - Tacoma - Tokyo - Kobe - Qingdao
- First sailing: 30 Oct 2026
Asia↔North Europe
HMM to revise the port rotation of its FE3 (Far East Europe 3) service. The service will continue routing via the Cape of Good Hope in both directions, according to the rotation provided.
- Carrier service name: FE3
- Port rotation: Qingdao – Ningbo – Yantian – Singapore – Cape of Good Hope – Tangier – Felixstowe – Antwerp – Hamburg – Cape of Good Hope – Qingdao
- First sailing: 18 Nov 2026
Maersk revised the port rotation of its ME2 service. The change adds Jeddah to the service, providing a new connection from North Europe to Saudi Arabia.
- Carrier service name: ME2
- Port rotation: Ennore – Colombo – Suez Canal – Algeciras – Rotterdam – London Gateway – Hamburg – Tangier – Suez Canal – Jeddah – Colombo
- First sailing: 20 Dec 2026
Asia↔South America
Ocean Network Express (ONE) to revise the operation of its SX1 (East Coast South America Express 1) service. From April 2027, ONE will operate the service jointly with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), with the new set-up aimed at improving schedule integrity and transit times. The announced rotation remains subject to further operational review.
- Carrier service name: SX1
- Port rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Hong Kong – Singapore – Santos – Paranagua – Navegantes – Montevideo – Buenos Aires – Rio Grande – Paranagua – Navegantes – Santos – Singapore – Hong Kong – Shanghai
- First sailing: 01 Apr 2027
COSCO/Evergreen/PIL/Wan Hai will revise the port rotation of Asia-South America West Coast service - WSA2. The service adds a port call at Busan. It deploys eleven vessels with an average vessel capacity of 12,000 TEU.
- Carrier service name: WSA2
- Port rotation: Lazaro Cardenas - Puerto Quetzal - Callao - Guayaquil - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Busan - Kaohsiung - Shekou - Hong Kong - Ningbo - Shanghai - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Lazaro Cardenas
- First sailing: 23 Nov 2026
Intra-Asia
MSC to introduce the new Jasmine service. The new standalone service will provide direct connections between China, Singapore and Indonesia, with the first sailing expected to call at Shanghai on 4 November 2026.
- Carrier service name: Jasmine
- Port rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Surabaya – Semarang – Singapore – Shanghai
- First sailing: 04 Nov 2026
Evergreen to revise the port rotation of Intra-Asia service - NCI. The service adds a port call at Qui Nhon. It deploys four vessels with an average vessel capacity of 2,500 TEU.
- Carrier service name: NCI
- Port rotation: Tianjin Xingang - Dalian - Qingdao - Gunsan - Ningbo - Nansha - Ho Chi Minh - Qui Nhon - Da Nang - Haiphong - Yantian - Hong Kong - Tianjin Xingang
- First sailing: 28 Oct 2026
Evergreen will offer two new Intra-Asia service - NCX. Evergreen joins the existing service as a slot charterer and brands it NCX. The service deploys four vessels with an average vessel capacity of 3,200 TEU.
- Carrier service name: NCX
- Port rotation: Tianjin Xingang - Qingdao - Xiamen - Singapore - Port Klang - Penang - Nansha - Tianjin Xingang
- First sailing: 28 Oct 2026
Evergreen will offer two new Intra-Asia service - TMS. Evergreen re-launches the service after it had been suspended since 2024. The service deploys one vessel with a capacity of 2,600 TEU.
- Carrier service name: TMS
- Port rotation: Kaohsiung - Manila - Kaohsiung
- First sailing: 16 Nov 2026
Intra-Mediterranean/Black Sea
CMA CGM/Tarros revised the port rotation of Intra-Europe service - MPS. The service drops the port call at Leixoes and the second eastbound port call at Salerno. It deploys six vessels with an average vessel capacity of 1,500 TEU.
- Carrier service name: MPS
- Port rotation: Casablanca - Setubal - Marseille - Genoa - La Spezia - Piraeus - Beirut - Lattakia - Mersin - Alexandria - Salerno - La Spezia - Genoa - Barcelona - Casablanca
- First sailing: 11 Oct 2026
Intra-South America
MSC to revise the port rotation of its Gulf to SAEC I Service. The change introduces a new southbound call at Suape, Brazil, between Cartagena and Santos, aimed at strengthening the service’s coverage of Northeast Brazil.
- Carrier service name: Gulf to SAEC I
- Port rotation: Veracruz – Altamira – Houston – Cartagena – Suape – Santos – Itapoa – Paranagua – Itajai – Santos – Rio de Janeiro – Cartagena – Veracruz
- First sailing: 26 Oct 2026
North Europe↔Mediterranean/Black Sea
ONE will revise the port rotation of Intra-Europe service - IBX. The service replaces the northbound port call at Rotterdam with Antwerp. It deploys four vessels with an average vessel capacity of 1,400 TEU.
- Carrier service name: IBX
- Port rotation: Lisbon - Leixoes - Southampton - Antwerp - Gdansk - Riga - Klaipeda - Gdynia - Bremerhaven - Rotterdam - Lisbon
- First sailing: 04 Nov 2026
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