by Priya Radünzel, SeaNewsEditor

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.

CMA CGM INDAMEX service to resume Suez transit

CMA CGM has confirmed that its INDAMEX service will route through the Suez Canal starting in November. Kuehne and Nagel understands that the French Navy and their European Allies will escort the vessels through the Red Sea. In addition, the service will be enhanced with port calls in Jeddah, Damietta, and Tangier. 

• Carrier service name: INDAMEX
• Port rotation: Port Qasim - Nhava Sheva - Mundra - Jeddah - Damietta - Tanger Med - New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Charleston - Damiette - Jeddah - Port Qasim
• First sailing through the Suez: CMA CGM Pelleas, ETD Port Qasim, 14 November.

New & revised services

Asia↔Oceania

At the end of October, MSC will re-launch a service between Asia and Australia as follows:

• Carrier service name: Koala
• Port rotation: Shanghai- Hong Kong - Jakarta - Fremantle - Jakarta - Shanghai
• First sailing: MSC Qingdao F, ETD Shanghai, 30 October

Asia↔Middle East

In early November, CMA CGM will revise the port rotation of its service between the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East by temporarily dropping the Dammam port call.

• Carrier service name: BIGEX
• Port rotation: Abu Dhabi – Umm Qasr – Jebel Ali – Abu Dhabi – Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Abu Dhabi
• First sailing: AS Paola, ETD Abu Dhabi, 4 November

As of November, Evergreen will slot charter on the X-Press Feeders service between the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East. ONE is also a slot charter on this service.

• Carrier service name: IRX2
• Port rotation: Mundra - Jebel Ali - Jeddah - Aqaba - Sokhna - Jeddah - Mundra
• First sailing with Evergreen: TBA

Asia↔North America

From February 2025, ONE and its Premier Alliance partners will add Jacksonville to their EC2 service between Asia and East Coast North America.

• Carrier service name: EC2
• Port rotation: Xiamen - Yantian - Ningbo - Shanghai - Pusan - (Panama) - Manzanillo - Savannah - Charleston - Jacksonville - Manzanillo - (Panama) - Pusan - Xiamen
• First sailing: TBA

Furthermore, Premier Alliance will split its PN3 service into two services. PN3 and PN4, in February 2025. The port rotations will be as follows:

• PN3: Qingdao – Pusan – Vancouver – Tacoma – Pusan – Qingdao

• PN4: Ningbo – Shanghai – Vancouver – Tacoma – Ningbo

Intra Asia

Starting in November, Evergreen will slot charter on Maersk's service between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. Evergreen will service port calls in Shanghai, Ningbo and Manila.

• Carrier service name: PH3
• Port rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Manila – Davao – Pyeongtaek – Qingdao – Shanghai
• First sailing with Evergreen: Spil Niken, ETD Shanghai 2 November

For more point-to-point service options, including transit times across major ocean carriers, refer to seaexplorer.