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↔South America

At the beginning of April, PIL, Wan Hai, and Yang Ming revised the port rotation of their service between Asia and the West Coast of South America. The ports of Ensenada and San Antonio were added, and Valparaiso was removed.

• Carrier service name: WS6(PIL), AS2(Wan Hai), SA8(Yang Ming)
• Port rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai – Qingdao – Busan – Ensenada – Manzanillo (Mexico) – Puerto Quetzal – Buenaventura – Callao – San Antonio – Ningbo
• First sailing: YM Excellence, ATD Ningbo, 4 April

Asia↔Indian Subcontinent

In mid-April, Evergreen and its partners will launch a new service between Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. ONE will slot charter on this service.

• Carrier service name: CIX7 (Evergreen ), TTX (Wan Hai), TTX Bengal Tiger Line, RCL (Tba), TE2 (ONE)
• Port rotation: Ho Chi Minh City – Laem Chabang – Singapore – Port Klang – Chennai – Visakhapatnam – Port Klang – Singapore – Ho Chi Minh City
• First sailing: Wan Hai 317, ETD Ho Chi Minh City, 20 April

Intra Europe

At the end of April, ONE will launch an Intra Europe services as follows:

• Carrier service name: ST2
• Port rotation: Algeciras – Valencia – Barcelona – Alexandria – Damietta – Aliaga – Izmit – Algeciras
• First sailing: Sinar Bukittinggi, ETD Algeciras, 30 April

From mid-April, ONE will slot charter on Evergreen's IAS service connecting Turkey and Greece. ONE will only offer calls in Piraeus and Thessaloniki and brand the service IGX.

• Carrier service name: IGX
• Port rotation: Piraeus – Thessaloniki – Piraeus – Istanbul – Haydarpasa – Izmit – Aliaga – Piraeus
• First sailing: Corelli, ETD Piraeus, 13 April

From 11 April, Evergreen, ONE and Yang Ming will revise the port rotation of their joint service connecting North Europe to the Mediterranean. The carriers will drop the Rotterdam call.

• Carrier service name: EUM (Evergreen), AEX (ONE), NEA (Yang Ming)
• Port rotation: Southampton – Antwerp – Piraeus – Istanbul – Gebze – Gemlik – Aliaga – Piraeus – Southampton
• First sailing: Shirin M, ETD Southampton, 11 April

Intra South and Central America

In April, Hapag-Lloyd will begin a new service between Mexico and El Salvador as follows:

• Carrier service name: CCM
• Port rotation: Lazaro Cardenas – Acajutla – Corinto – Lazaro Cardenas
• First sailing: TBA, ETD Lazaro Cardenas, 18 April