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 ↔ Indian Subcontinent 

ONE launches the JTI service starting 04 Apr 2026.

• Carrier service name: JTI
• Port rotation: Tokyo - Yokohama - Shimizu - Nagoya - Osaka - Kobe - Cai Mep - Laem Chabang - Singapore - Port Klang - Nhava Sheva - Pipavav - Karachi - Port Qasim - Colombo - Laem Chabang - Cai Mep - Tokyo 
• First sailing: 04 Apr 2026 

Asia ↔ Mediterranean/Black Sea 

COSCO launches a new Asia–Mediterranean service. 

• Carrier service name: NAX 
• Port rotation: Shanghai - Nansha - Port Said - Benghazi - Misurata - Qingdao - Ningbo - Shanghai. 
• First sailing: 01 Apr 2026 

Asia ↔ North America 

HMM launches the Vietnam Shuttle Express service starting 28 Apr 2026.

• Carrier service name: Vietnam Shuttle Express 
• Port rotation:  Singapore - Cai Mep - Haiphong - Los Angeles - Busan - Shanghai - Shekou - Singapore - Rio de Janeiro - Santos - Itapoa - Singapore 
• First sailing: 28 Apr 2026 

ONE launches the PS8 service starting 18 May 2026.

• Carrier service name: PS8 
• Port rotation:  Qingdao - Ningbo - Los Angeles - Oakland - Qingdao 
• First sailing: 18 May 2026 

MSC updates the Chinook service with a new rotation.

• Carrier service name: Chinook 
• Port rotation:  Vung Tau – Yantian – Ningbo – Shanghai – Qingdao – Busan – Seattle – Vancouver – Prince Rupert – Busan – Vung Tau
• First sailing: 03 Apr 2026 

MSC updates the Sentosa service with a new rotation.

• Carrier service name: Sentosa 
• Port rotation:  Singapore – Port Klang – Laem Chabang – Vung Tau – Haiphong – Yantian – Xiamen – Long Beach – Oakland – Busan – Ningbo – Singapore
• First sailing: 02 Apr 2026 

MSC updates the Orient service with a new rotation.

• Carrier service name: Orient 
• Port rotation:  Qingdao – Ningbo – Shanghai – Busan – Long Beach – Qingdao
• First sailing: 01 Apr 2026 

Asia ↔ North Europe 

CMA CGM launches the Ocean Rise Express OCR service starting 02 Apr 2026.

• Carrier service name: OCR 
• Port rotation:  Kobe - Nagoya - Yokohama - Xiamen - Yantian - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Southampton - Nansha - Kobe 
• First sailing: 02 Apr 2026 

ONE updates the MAX service with a new rotation.

• Carrier service name: MAX 
• Port rotation:  Algeciras – Tangier – Dakar – Tema – Lekki – Abidjan – Algeciras
• First sailing: 07 Jul 2026 

Asia ↔ South America 

CMA CGM launches the West Africa Express 2 (WAX2) service starting 29 Mar 2026.

• Carrier service name: WAX2
• Port rotation:  Qingdao - Ningbo - Nansha - Tanjung Pelepas - Tema - Abidjan - Pointe Noire - Tanjung Pelepas - Qingdao 
• First sailing: 29 Mar 2026

ONE updates the SX2 service with a new rotation. The first vessel to depart is Seattle Bridge from Busan. 

• Carrier service name: SX2
• Port rotation:  Busan – Shanghai – Shekou – Singapore – Rio de Janeiro – Santos – Itapoa – Singapore – Cai Mep – Haiphong – Busan.
• First sailing: 20 Apr 2026 

Mediterranean/Black Sea ↔ South America 

Hapag-Lloyd updates the MSW service with a new rotation. The first vessel to depart is Cape Sable from Callao. 

• Carrier service name: MSW 
• Port rotation:  Vigo – Malaga – Valencia – Genoa – Livorno – Barcelona – Caucedo – Cartagena – Callao – Paita – Posorja – Guayaquil – Manzanillo – Puerto Limón – Cartagena – Vigo.
• First sailing: 18 Apr 2026 

North America ↔ South America 

CMA CGM will add a direct call at Montreal, Canada, providing an extensive coverage of the Canadian market while maintaining the direct call at Saint John, New Brunswick. 

• Carrier service name: CAGML
• Port rotation: Kingston - Rio Haina - Caucedo - San Juan - New York - Montreal - Saint John - New York - Kingston 
• First sailing: 01 Apr 2026 

North Europe ↔ Mediterranean/Black Sea 

ONE updates the IBX service with a new rotation.

• Carrier service name: IBX 
• Port rotation:  Leixões – Lisbon – Southampton – Rotterdam – Gdańsk – Riga – Klaipėda – Gdynia – Bremerhaven – Rotterdam – Leixões. 
• First sailing: 01 May 2026 

North Europe ↔ North America 

CMA CGM offers direct round-trip connections from Montoir (France) to Baltimore (US) and Halifax (Canada), with this service operating wind-powered vessels. 

• Carrier service name: Neoline 
• Port rotation: Baltimore - Halifax - Saint Pierre - Montoit St Nazaire -Saint Pierre - Baltimore 
• First sailing: 24 Apr 2026 

North Europe ↔ Oceania 

CMA CGM revises the RTWPAN/NASP service by adding Cork and dropping Marsden Point. 

• Carrier service name: RTWPAN
• Port rotation: Rotterdam - Dunkirk - Le Havre - Cork - New York - Savannah - Kingston - Papeete - Noumea - Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne  - Tauranga - Cartagena (Colombia) - Savannah - Philadelphia - Zeebrugge - Rotterdam.
• First sailing: 22 Apr 2026 

Oceania ↔ North America 

MSC updates the Eagle service.

• Carrier service name: Eagle 
• Port rotation:  Philadelphia – Savannah – Freeport – Rodman – Papeete – Auckland – Sydney – Melbourne – Brisbane – Wellington – Tauranga – Rodman – Cristobal – Philadelphia. 
• First sailing: 01 Apr 2026 

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