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
Hapag-Lloyd revised the routing of the SE1 service. The change sees the service transition to the Suez Canal and Red Sea route, with Umm Qarn confirmed for the first westbound and eastbound SE1 voyages.
- Carrier service name: SE1
- Port rotation: Ningbo – Shanghai – Tanjung Pelepas – Algeciras – Koper – Rijeka
- First sailing: 28 Sep 2026
Asia↔North America
Ocean Alliance to revise the port rotation of Transpacific service - HTW. The service adds a port call at Tacoma. It will deploy eight vessels with an average vessel capacity of 15,400 TEU.
- Carrier service name: HTW
- Port rotation: Los Angeles - Oakland - Tacoma - Kaohsiung - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Taipei - Kaohsiung - Yantian - Los Angeles
- First sailing: 15 Oct 2026
Asia↔South America
CMA CGM launches the Asia-South America East Coast service starting 17 Dec 2026. The number of ships and average capacity of this service will be 13 ships.
- First sailing: 17 Dec 2026
- Carrier service name: Asia-South America East Coast (SEAS)
- Port rotation: Ningbo - Shanghai - Shekou - Singapore - Santos - Navegantes - Montevideo - Buenos Aires - Paranagua - Santos - Coega - Singapore - Ningbo
MSC and ONE to revise the operating structure of the Ipanema Service. The change follows the end of the current Vessel Sharing Agreement configuration involving MSC, ONE and Hapag-Lloyd, with MSC and ONE continuing to jointly operate the service and MSC deploying additional vessels.
- Carrier service name: Ipanema
- Port rotation: Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Hong Kong – Singapore – Santos – Paranaguá – Navegantes – Montevideo – Buenos Aires – Rio Grande – Paranaguá – Navegantes – Santos – Singapore – Hong Kong – Shanghai
- First sailing: 03 Apr 2027
CMA CGM revised the port rotation of Asia-Central America/Caribbean service - M2X. The service adds port calls at Ningbo and Lazaro Cardenas and increases the deployed fleet from seven to eight vessels. It deploys eight vessels with an average vessel capacity of 7,000 TEU.
- Carrier service name: M2X
- Port rotation: Manzanillo (Mexico) - Lazaro Cardenas - Ningbo - Shanghai - Qingdao - Busan - Ensenada - Manzanillo (Mexico)
- First sailing: 10 Oct 2026
CMA CGM will launch a new service to connect Asia to South America East Coast - SEAS A. The new service will replace the closing SEAS3/ASAS2 service. The number of vessels and average vessel capacity have not been revealed.
- Carrier service name: SEAS A
- Port rotation: Ningbo - Shanghai - Shekou - Singapore - Santos - Navegantes - Montevideo - Buenos Aires - Navegantes - Santos - Coega - Singapore
- First sailing: 17 Dec 2026
CMA CGM/COSCO will revise the port rotation of Asia-South America East Coast services - SEAS2. The service adds port calls at Tianjin Xingang and Itajai and drops the port calls at Navegantes and Hong Kong. It will deploy thirteen vessels with an average vessel capacity of 13,500 TEU.
- Carrier service name: SEAS2
- Port rotation: Singapore - Tianjin Xingang - Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Shekou - Singapore - Rio de Janeiro - Santos - Paranagua - Itapoa - Itajai - Santos - Rio de Janeiro - Colombo - Singapore
- First sailing: 15 Dec 2026
ONE revised the port rotation of the East Coast South America Express 2 (SX2) service. The change involves the addition of a second call at Rio de Janeiro on the eastbound leg to optimise the network structure and enhance service reliability.
- Carrier service name: SX2
- Port rotation: Pusan – Shanghai – Shekou – Singapore – Rio de Janeiro – Santos – Itapoa – Rio de Janeiro – Singapore – Cai Mep – Haiphong
- First sailing: 28 Sep 2026
Indian Subcontinent/Middle East↔North America
CMA CGM to revise the port rotation of ISC/MEA-North America East Coast service - INDAMEX. The service adds port calls at Tangier, Jeddah and Halifax. It will deploy eleven vessels with an average vessel capacity of 9,500 TEU.
- Carrier service name: INDAMEX
- Port rotation: Nhava Sheva - Mundra - Colombo - Tangier - Halifax - New York - Norfolk - Savannah - Charleston - Jeddah - Port Qasim - Nhava Sheva
- First sailing: 20 Oct 2026
Intra-Asia
OOCL will launch two new Intra-Asia services - CCT4. The new service connects China to Cambodia and Thailand. It will deploy two vessels with an average vessel capacity of 1,200 TEU.
- Carrier service name: CCT4
- Port rotation: Nansha - Shekou - Sihanoukville - Songkhla - Nansha
- First sailing: 23 Oct 2026
COSCO launched the China Southeast Asia Express 2 (CSX2) starting 03 Oct 2026. The number of ships and average capacity of this service is 2 vessel with a capacity range of 1,700-4,400 TEU.
- Carrier service name: China Southeast Asia Express 2 (CSX2)
- Port rotation: Nansha - Laem Chabang - Yangpu - Nansha
- First sailing: 03 Oct 2026
OOCL launched two new Intra-Asia services - CHL7. The new service connects China to Thailand. It will deploy two vessels with an average vessel capacity of 4,600 TEU.
- Carrier service name: CHL7
- Port rotation: Nansha - Laem Chabang - Yangpu - Nansha
- First sailing: 03 Oct 2026
HMM launches the North China Indonesia (NIS) starting 08 Nov 2026. The number of ships and average capacity of this service will be 4 vessel with a capacity range of 2,700-4,700 TEU.
- Carrier service name: North China Indonesia (NIS)
- Port rotation: Qingdao - Shanghai - Nansha - Jakarta - Surabaya - Singapore - Qingdao
- First sailing: 08 Nov 2026
Intra-Europe
CMA CGM revised the port rotation of Intra-Europe service - BLX. The service adds a port call at Szczecin. It deploys three vessels with an average vessel capacity of 800 TEU.
- Carrier service name: BLX
- Port rotation: Dublin - Southampton - Szczecin - Riga - Gdansk - Southampton - Dublin
- First sailing: 07 Oct 2026
CMA CGM revised the port rotation of Intra-Europe service - MPS. The service drops the port call at Leixoes. It will deploy six vessels with an average vessel capacity of 1,700 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: 30 Sep 2026
Mediterranean/Black Sea↔Africa
MSC revised the port rotation of Mediterranean-West Africa service - WMED. The service adds a port call at Lome. Its average vessel capacity is 2,900 TEU.
- Carrier service name: WMED
- Port rotation: Dakar - Lome - Las Palmas - Agadir - Valencia - Fos Sur Mer - Sete - Valencia - Las Palmas - Dakar
- First sailing: 22 Sep 2026
North America↔South America
Maersk/MSC revised the port rotation of North America East Coast-South America East Coast service - UCLA. The service adds a port call at Suape. It deploys eight vessels with an average vessel capacity of 5,300 TEU.
- Carrier service name: UCLA
- Port rotation: Houston - Cartagena (Colombia) - Suape - Santos - Itapoa - Paranagua - Itajai - Santos - Rio de Janeiro - Cartagena (Colombia) - Veracruz - Altamira - Houston
- First sailing: 08 Oct 2026
ZIM to suspend North America East Coast-South America East Coast service - ZGT. The service will be suspended until further notice. It currently deploys five vessels with an average vessel capacity of 4,200 TEU.
- Carrier service name: ZGT
- Port rotation: Veracruz - Altamira - Houston - Miami - Kingston - Cartagena (Colombia) - Santos - Montevideo - Buenos Aires - Navegantes - Itapoa - Paranagua - Santos - Rio De Janeiro - Cartagena (Colombia) - Kingston - Veracruz
- First sailing: 21 Oct 2026
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