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.

New & revised services

Asia ↔ Indian Subcontinent

OOCL, Sinokor, and SITC will launch a new service connecting Asia to India in early December.

• Carrier service name: FC3
• Port rotation: Nansha - Shekou - Ho Chi Minh - Laem Chabang - Port Klang - Chennai - Port Klang - Nansha
• First sailing: Ulsan Voyager, ETD Nansha, 7 December

Asia ↔ North Europe

The Ocean Alliance will revise one of its Asia-North Europe services at the end of December, adding port calls in Busan, Tanger Med, Dunkirk, and Southampton and dropping the port calls in Algeciras and Hamburg.

• Carrier service name: FAL1
• Port rotation: Busan - Ningbo - Shanghai - Yantian - Singapore - Tanger Med - Dunkirk - Southampton - Gdansk - Le Havre - Rotterdam - Southampton - Port Klang - Busan
• First sailing: CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, ETD Port Klang, 29 December

The Ocean Alliance will also revise the rotation of FAL3 service in early January 2025 by adding port calls at Tanger Med and Hamburg and dropping the port calls at Dunkirk and Southampton.

• Carrier service name: FAL3
• Port rotation: Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Singapore - Le Havre - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Tanger Med - Port Klang - Qingdao
• First sailing: CMA CGM Sorbonne, ETD Qingdao, 7 January 2025

Intra Europe

ONE plans to relaunch two of its Intra Europe services in December as follows:

• Carrier service name: Scandinavia Express (SCX)
• Port rotation: Rotterdam - Gothenburg - Helsingborg - Aarhus - Copenhagen - Rotterdam
• First sailing: Cape Ferrol 0018N/S, ETD Rotterdam 21 December

• Carrier service name: Iberia Europe (IBC)
• Port rotation: Rotterdam - Leixões (Porto) - Lisbon - London Gateway - Bremerhaven - Rotterdam
• First sailing: WES GESA 0066N/S, ETD Rotterdam, beginning of December

At the end of December, CMA CGM will launch a new service linking Türkiye, Adriatic ports, Malta Hub and the Eastern Mediterranean.

• Carrier service name: BORA Med (BMS)
• Port rotation: Antalya (1/2) - Izmir - Aliaga - Ambarli - Gebze - Gemlik - Malta - Ancona - Ravenna - Venezia - Trieste - Koper - Rijeka - Bar - Taranto - Malta - Limassol - Alexandria - Beirut - Antalya
• First sailing: Vessel to be advised, ETA Antalya 23 December

Intra South America

Starting January 2025, CMA CGM will launch a new service from Mexico's West coast to Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

• Carrier service name: MAYA
• Port rotation: Lazaro Cardenas - Puerto Caldera - Corinto - Acajutla - Puerto Quetzal - Lazaro Cardenas 
• First sailing: CMA CGM Surabaya, ETD Lazaro Cardenas, 2 January 2025

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