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 ↔ North America

Maersk to revise the port rotation of Asia-Mexico services - AC1 and AC2. The AC1 service adds port calls at Shanghai, Yokohama, Manzanillo and Balboa, and drops the port calls at Ningbo, Busan and Posorja. It will deploy eight vessels with an average vessel capacity of 4,000 TEU.

• Carrier service name: AC1
• Port rotation: Buenaventura - Balboa - Shanghai - Yokohama - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Lázaro Cárdenas - Buenaventura
• First sailing: 23 Aug 2026

The AC2 service drops the port calls at Balboa, Shanghai and Yokohama, as well as the second Eastbound port call at Lazaro Cardenas, and adds a port call at Ningbo. It will deploy eight vessels with an average vessel capacity of 13,500 TEU.

• Carrier service name: AC2
• Port rotation: Lázaro Cárdenas - Manzanillo (Mexico) - Ningbo - Qingdao - Busan - Lazaro Cárdenas
• First sailing: 11 Aug 2026

CMA CGM to revise the port rotation of its COLUMBUS PNW (CPNW) service. The change introduces South China and Taiwan calls to the service, and is intended to enhance connectivity while maintaining weekly departures and competitive transit times

• Carrier service name: CPNW
• Port rotation: Yantian – Shanghai – Busan – Vancouver – Seattle – Kaohsiung – Yantian
• First sailing: 07 Sep 2026

ONE to revise the port rotation of its US East Coast 3 (EC3) service. The change confirms that the EC3 service will continue to call North China ports under an updated service rotation.

• Carrier service name: EC3
• Port rotation: Xingang – Qingdao – Pusan – Ningbo – Laem Chabang – Cai Mep – Singapore – Colombo – (CoGH) – New York – Jacksonville – Savannah – Charleston – Manzanillo – (Panama) – Xingang
• First sailing: 11 Sep 2026

CMA CGM to revise the port rotation of its MTE service. The change introduces a Port Klang call, providing a direct solution for local and transhipment cargo to Port Klang.

• Carrier service name: MTE
• Port rotation: Port Klang – Vung Tau – Shanghai – Los Angeles – Oakland – Kaohsiung – Port Klang
• First sailing: 31 Aug 2026

Meanwhile, the Haiphong call will shift from the MTE service to the CMA CGM PEARL service, while maintaining a direct Haiphong to Los Angeles connection and improving transit times.

• Carrier service name: PEARL (PRX)
• Port rotation: Port Klang – Laem Chabang – Haiphong – Yantian – Los Angeles – Gwangyang – Qingdao
• First sailing: 25 Aug 2026

Gemini Cooperation revised the port rotation of the Transpacific service - TP7. The service adds a port call at Oakland. It deploys six vessels with an average vessel capacity of 7,200 TEU.

• Carrier service name: TP7
• Port rotation: Busan - Ningbo - Los Angeles - Oakland - Yokohama - Busan
• First sailing: 29 Jul 2026

Intra-Mediterranean/Black Sea

CMA CGM revised the port rotation of the Intra-Europe service - ALGAD. The service adds a port call at Trapani. It deploys one vessel with a vessel capacity of 1,100 TEU.

• Carrier service name: ALGAD
• Port rotation: Barcelona - Trapani - Marsaxlokk - Djen Djen - Barcelona
• First sailing: 18 Jul 2026

Hapag-Lloyd launched a new Intra-Europe service - IAS. The service launches a new connection between Croatia and Italy. It deploys two vessels with an average vessel capacity of 1,100 TEU.

• Carrier service name: IAS
• Port rotation: Rijeka - Ancona - Rijeka - Venice - Rijeka
• First sailing: 28 Jul 2026

North Europe ↔ Mediterranean/Black Sea

Maersk to revise the port rotation of the Intra-Europe service - SLC. The service replaces the port call at Hamburg with Wilhelmshaven. It will deploy five vessels with an average vessel capacity of 8,600 TEU.

• Carrier service name: SLC
• Port rotation: Felixstowe - Wilhelmshaven - Bremerhaven - Antwerp - Piraeus - Izmit - Ambarli - Gemlik - Izmir - Felixstowe
• First sailing: 03 Sep 2026

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